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Subject:Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Jan 2005 - Special issue (#2005-7)
From:Tolga Morawski
Date:Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:23:52 -0500

Hi there,
  Thanks for the response!  What year Vanagon do you have?
What I'm looking for is 12V power for the relays (the red wire, not the
yellow or white leads).  Not clear on what you mean by using the old
headlight sockets?  Do you mean from the fuse panel?

Thanks!
   Tolga

>I used 2 relays, one for high beam and one for low.  Are you talking
>about finding a source to trigger your relays or power the headlight
>switch. I used the old headlight sockets with a male pig tail to power
>the relays. This way I didn't need to cut any of the factory wires.
>
>JFF

>>On Jan 3, 2005, at 2:29 AM, Tolga Morawski wrote:
>>
>>Did you wire in 4 relays, 1 for each light or just 1 per side.
>>
>>I'm in the midst of this project myself but having a hard time finding
>>12V switched power on my 84's fusebox area.  The directions make it sound
>>like there are 4 'open' spots available but I can't find any, I'm
>>thinking the directions are for later model vanagons with a different
>>wiring layout?
>>
>>-Tolga