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Subject:Re: Another wiring Q and related headlight relay Q(s)
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:52:36 -0400

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Damon Campbell wrote:

> What are the disadvantages of using the stock wiring harness to power
> the headlights?  One poster in the archives mentions a mere 0.1v drop,
> which can't cause that much degredation in the amount of light put out.

0.1v may be correct if your grounds are all good.  Right now I get more
like a 1.0v drop to everything up front when I switch on the headlights.
At very least clean and tighten all the ground connections.  I'm sorely
tempted to just run an 8-gauge wire from the battery ground terminal all
the way to the front, and then tie all the under-dash grounds to that.

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