I did not completely understand. Are you saying that each wire between the
lamps and the relays should be fused and the relays should not be fused from
the solenoid ? As back up, I do have fog lights on a separate fused circuit so
not ditch.
Thanks
Rich Kahn
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:57:25 -0400
> From: michael.oritt at gmail.com
> To: healeyguy at bredband.net
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Correct fuses
>
> By not fusing the headlights the wiring or appliance becomes the "fusible
> link" and if a short circuit or whatever should occur the lights will still
> go out but a repair will be a lot more difficult than simply replacing a
> fuse.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Per Schoerner
<healeyguy at bredband.net>wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > You need to be a little careful here, do not put both head lamps on the
> > same fuse. What happens if you are out in the dark and the fuse blows?
> > Well, you might find yourself in the ditch.
> > Now that you have gone the relay route just connect the wires that feed
> > the lamps via the relays to the thick wire coming from the battery, there
> > is a connection point at the starter solenoid where the battery cable
comes
> > up from down under the car. Use as short and as thick cables as possible
to
> > avoid voltage drops. And as mentioned before, the head lamps are not
fused
> > originally.
> >
> > Per in Sweden
> >
> > I Erbs skrev 2012-04-03 01:38:
> >
> >> Use inline fuses on both lamp circuits as well as the 35 amp oem fuse.
> >>
> >> Ira Erbs
> >>
> > ______________________________**_________________
> > Support Team.Net
http://www.team.net/donate.**html<http://www.team.net/donate.html>
> > Suggested annual donation $12.75
> > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> >
> > Healeys at autox.team.net
> >
http://autox.team.net/mailman/**listinfo/healeys<http://autox.team.net/mailma
n/listinfo/healeys>
> >
> > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/**
> >
options/healeys/michael.oritt@**gmail.com<http://autox.team.net/mailman/optio
ns/healeys/michael.oritt at gmail.com>
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/tahoehealey at hotmail.com
|