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Subject:Hella Foglights
From:Larry Innes
Date:Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:10:47 -0300

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>Date:    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:07:51 PDT
>From:    Tony Peet <tpvw@hotmail.com>
>Subject: How is the fog light switch supposed to be wired?
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>I'm no expert on things electrical....but you may INDEED want to check the
>pop open the housing and make sure that one of the wires is not shorting out
>on the metalic reflector backing inside! ...
>Tony
>'91 Syncro Westy ('teepee')
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Excellent advice...I managed to melt the grill on a 94 Golf with a
poorly insulated Hella foglight set that shorted out and superheated
the 'hot' wire...they are really not put together all that well,
apparently!

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Larry Innes
Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
87 Westfalia GL "Blu"
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