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Subject:Lights
From:Johan Nyberg
Date:Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:55:48 +0100

Hello listees

The other day I took the time to check why the headlights seem so lousy. I
hooked up two digital voltmeters, one on the battery and one on a bulb,
switched the lights on and noted a voltage drop of about 2.3 volts over the
wires and switches. I calculated a 33% power loss, due to bad connections.
To fix this, I might run separate wires from the battery to a separate
relay for every filament (I have six of them, the rectangular + square lamp
setup) and operate the relays by the original wires to the bulbs.

If I can be bothered. This way the bulbs last much longer ;-)

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    Johan Nyberg, Sweden N 59o E 17o 25"
    '86 Caravelle C
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