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Subject:Re: High beam short?
From:Jeffrey Vickers
Date:Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:51:17 -0700

John,

The low beam pigtails are new and those are larger and the relay and
ground wires are larger but no, the stuff in between is stock. The
right hand high beam is working fine with the same wiring.

Jeff
On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:41 AM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Jeff,
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> Did you upgrade the wiring to larger diameter when you upgraded
> your lights to higher wattage??
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> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
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> Jeffrey Vickers wrote:
>> So I'm driving home the other night and I throw on the high beams and
>> 20 seconds later, they go out. I switch back to low beams and the low
>> beams are still working---get home and both 10 amp high beam fuses
>> are blown. I have euro codes with higher watt bulbs (with new grounds
>> and relays) as well as 100 watt high beams so I tried 20 amp fuses.
>> Now my right hand high beam works fine but the left is blowing the
>> fuse. Both low beams OK. No apparent shorts, but I haven't dug out
>> the relays. Any thought?
>>
>> Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
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