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Subject:Re: HIGH POWERED HEADLIGHT
From:Mudd Sparrow
Date:Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:28:10 -0800

I have E-Code lights (headlamps)

They won't turn on unless the engine is running. I forget if the stock lights behave the same way.

Since they did the relay thing, am I limited to 55 watts?

I saw Piaa bulbs claiming their 55 was -> 110 watts in effect. 

Pricey. Don't know what to believe.

> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:52 AM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
> 
> The connectors are designed for 55 Watts. Your use of non-road legal light bulbs is simply too much wattage for what the connectors (and wiring) are able to handle. 
> 
> Heck, I used 55 watt fog lights, and they were too much for the 29 year old wiring/connectors/fusebox  in my 86. 
> 
>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Pat Patterson <SESRating@AOL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> My 80/100 hi/low bulbs have been cooking the plastic connectors that  plug
>> on the back of the bulbs.  Is there a source for ceramic  connectors?  I
>> have an 86 and it works OK with 4 100 watt high beams and  two 80 watt low
>> beams, until it destroys the plastic connectors.
>> 
>> Pat
>> 86 AW Subi 2.5
>> 82 Westy
>> in SC near Charlotte NC