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Subject:Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
From:Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Date:Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:20:30 -0800

Susquehanna took the time and trouble to type up their own set of
installation instructions.  That could be part of the discrepancy on wiring
.

Max
-----Original Message-----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon grilles and lights

>Dick Taylor wrote:
>
>> I know, I know...the part I wasn't
>> thinking about is the fact that the low beams stay on all the time, even
>> when the high beams are on, so it's not possible to wire them the way the
>> kit specifies. (Insert big DUH! here)
>
>Dick,
>
>This is not correct. THe low beams go out when you switch to high beams. If
not,
>the temperature in the bulb would be way too high, the bulb can take
damage, the
>head light can take damage, and also the wiring system.
>
>The proper way of wiring your lights is to ground the relay (terminal 85 or
86,
>doesn't matter) on the highbeams, that way the relay will go out when you
switch
>on the highs.
>
>PerL
>87 Syncro 112i

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