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Subject:Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL RELATED QUESTION/THREAD HIJACK
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:10:59 -0400

At 02:32 AM 7/17/2015, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>Funny things happening tonight. When I switched on the high beams
>the lights went out completely for a moment. Decided to leave on low
>beams. Then had to turn left so signalled and braked. This time the
>lights dimmed but did not go out completely. I unplugged the cooler
>when we arrived and tried the high beams and everything worked normally.
>
>Is the cooler drawing so much power it is causing these issues? Am I
>close to blowing a fuse or what?

Coleman cooler probably draws about four and a half amps. It's time
to get out that shiny new voltmeter and find out what's going on.

Yrs,
d