James,

Just curious: did you measure the voltage with both bulbs in place? They
should be to make a proper measurement. Then with a raise of 2.5 volts
you should have a considerable increase in light.

One of the disadvantages of the vanagon headlights I found was the fact
that they are quit high above the road. So you have to choose between a
lot of light just in front of the van, or a lot of light further away
(by adjusting the lampunit).
My '87 Caravelle (Europe) used to have the single round lights, I
replaced them by the double square one's (as in your Carat I suppose).
To protect the switch I also bypassed it with relays, and I had a lot
more light!
Then I installed foglights beneath the bumber, to illuminate the road
just in front of the van. Works fine.

Grt,
Jaap

James V wrote:
>
> I checked the voltage at the headlamp socket and it's just over 12v.  This
> is w/ out rewiring the ground.  I also tested using a jumper wire going
> directly to the battery ground and the reading is the same.  (Actually, when
> I first tested the stock wired headlamp socket, it read 9.5v.  So after
> getting a 12v reading w/ the jumper, I thought for sure a better ground was
> in order.  But then I retested the stock wiring, it read 12v.  Weird.  And
> the other headlamp also read 12v, but it took the needle several seconds to
> get there... Is that just poor contact w/ my meter?)
>
> Anyway, what now?  Assuming I'm already getting good voltage, is there
> reason to still rewire the ground? It seems that the only way to get them
> brighter would be w/ replacement bulbs.  Maybe they're just old?  I'm not
> trying to get super bright, just adequate and safe... And what I have is
> woefully un-adequate.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
> 90 Carat
>

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