Dear David,

Actually, my "new" alternator produces 120Amps -- it's the alternator used
in my TDI conversion :)

MJS

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 11:07 PM
To: Michael Sullivan
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: electrical experts: what do you think of this?

Nice drawing!  At first glance, looks very good.  You'll need 30-amp fuses
on each high-beam circuit, though -- I don't know whether the fuse holders
are rated for that or not.  If not then you'd want to split each high-beam
circuit in two, means running an extra wire out to each headlight
cluster.  Just to be clear, you're talking about close to 40 amps total for
your high-beams -- that's over half your practical alternator output right
there (I doubt if it produces as much as 80 amps hot...).

I'll look some more later...

david

At 08:27 PM 3/4/2001, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>I have made up a diagram indicating my latest thinking on how to wire up
>my 100/55 watt Cibie 7" round headlights for my South African quad-grill
>setup. The goals were:
>
>- minimum changes to existing wiring, fuses
>- optimal number of relays
>- least amount of new wiring
>
>You can see my diagram here:
>
><http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/electrical/headlights_w_relays_col
or.gif>http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/electrical/headlights_w_relay
s_color.gif
>
>Question for you electrical experts: what do you think? Am I "on track"?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael J. Sullivan
>1986 Syncro Doublecab
>1987 Syncro Westfalia TDI
>1996 Passat TDI
>

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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