In a message dated 28/04/2007 1:02:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

currently doing the relay upgrade, with the instructions from  vanagon.com.
what i am wondering about is fuse sizing on the new wire from  the battery to
the relays. i am  going to run 80/100w H4s for now, so  i suppose i need a
toatal of 160w in low beam mode and 2x100 + 2x55 = 310  watt in high beam
mode (am I correct in assuming that in high beam inners  and outers run
simultaneously?) my new wire from the battery is 12awg (dont  have any ten),
fused with 30A at the battery, giving allowing 360W.
Am i  overstraining the wires / fuses here? I was considering running two
12awg  wires through their a) separate fuses to gain more power or b) through
the  same fuse just to beef up the wiring. Option C would be to run one wire
and  fuse to high beam  and one to low beam, which gives the system  some
redundancy.
How is everyone else doing  this?

Florian, see my _Vanagon Headlamp Relay  Upgrade_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hdltrela.htm)  webpage for complete details.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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