In a message dated 8/29/98 2:25:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: << The next day I looked at my lights. The H4 is a Phillips "All Weather" rated 55/60W and the H3 is an Osram (Bosch) 55W. These are nothing more than what the factory would use. The only other thing that I am running off of the high beam circuit is a relay that controls my two 150W KC Daylighters. Is the factory switch under engineered for the additional lights they added in 86 - or it is bad luck in the used switch department? >> The switch is okay, but VW runs ALL of the current for the lights through the switch. As far as your relay, it sounds like you may be getting the *current* (mega-amps) for your Daylighters from the high beam wire. That's a no-no. You could get the *signal* (mili-amps) from the highbeam wire, and get the current from the big-main-fat-red-from-the-alternator-to-the-fusebox wire. I used to run four 150w Daylighters on the front of my 1976 loaf this way. Better set- up, but of course, it was a better switch, too. By the way, do any of you have my old loaf? 1976, 2.0 FI refurbished after a motorfire, secondary external oil cooler mounted in left rear wheel arch (ala Porsche), VERY clean, no rust, CA original, re-upholstered to mint green interior, GTi-front seats, white-over-mint-green metallic exterior (originally marigold yellow), tinted windows, curtains, great Kenwood stereo, four spotlights on the front. Sold to Alex Deiselkant, student at UNC-Wilmington, NC in March, 1994. Just curious. We have replaced it, but I sometimes wonder if it is still loving people and roads, or being used as a chicken coop. gmbulley cary, nc mostly lurkin' and deletin' these days, business is good. |
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