Mark,

exactly. I figured it wasn't worth the hassle of pulling thicker
wires from relays to light for such a relatively short run. The set
up worked fine for years in the old '82 westy. When I installed it I
do recall measuring voltages at light and at battery, but I can't
recall the numbers. Any voltage drop must have been within my
stringent standards :) or else I would have grumbled and pulled
thicker wire.

I have to emphasise that I did run a new power feed from alternator
(and remember it was an I4, battery and alt right beside each other
in engine compartment), and did not take the light power from the
fuse panel.

alistair

On 15-Nov-10, at 2:53 PM, Mark Hineline wrote:

You call the set up a compromise. Is the gauge of the wire from the
relay to the light the only compromise?

Mark

On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> FYI, my diagram of what I did on my '82 westy
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/mods/lightcircuit.html
>
> (i did that diagram years ago, I advise going over it carefully to
> check for any errors)
>
> ken lewis' description is here:
>
> http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/upgrades/headlight-relay/
> index.htm
>
> alistair