Actually if you have only 9.7 volts on bulb,  the bulb will last a lot
longer...
Can you measure the head light relays or connectors?  You must have a bad
connection somewhere?  How about the reflectors inside?  I need to use
Windex to wash it since it so foggy.

Good luck,
Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro  w/leaking cylinder head
85 Jetta GLI  w/160,000 miles
Dallas, TX  (Back to 100 degrees)

Johan Nyberg <johan.nyberg@ABC.SE> on 08/07/98 02:55:48 PM

Please respond to Johan Nyberg <johan.nyberg@ABC.SE>
To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject:  Lights

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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    '86 Caravelle C
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