

| Subject: | Re: electrical experts: what do you think of this? |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:07:23 -0500 |
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_color.gif>http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/electrical/headlights_w_relays_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 http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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