A friend has asked for opinions on the merits of installing relays to feed the headlights on a Bugeye Sprite. He read an article online that claimed relays would decrease the amount of current going
You are correct Ray. I have done this easy mod to several cars. Simply put you use the existing harness for signaling to the relays. Run new fused line to power in on the relays and get brighter ligh
The artickle is spot on and it is a very worth wile and simple mod for all heavy users: headlights, spot/fog lights, horns, heater motor, fan motor, wipers etc. It has been covered several times on t
Just noted in _Auto Restorer_ there is a modern, modular, solid-state equivalent of a bank of relays available for retrofitting older cars. Essentially, one control module sends low voltage signals t
Sounds interesting. Have a link? Jody equivalent of a bank of relays available for retrofitting older cars. Essentially, one control module sends low voltage signals to remote 'slave' modules that i
Although you are correct, it is more convenient and way cheaper to install old fashioned relays of say 35A. They are readily available including their fitting boxes from various cars in the scrap ya
http://www.isispower.com/products.html?ProductID=ISIS3BOXZ -- Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA Bob, Sounds interesting. Have a link? Jody On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
I wasn't advocating anything--just passing along some info I thought interesting (and at least marginally related to the topic). bs -- Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA Bob, Although you are correct, it is
Not to seem to0 "PC" but the terms "modern" and "slave" seldom seem to appear in the same sentence anymore. Usually "slave" has been supplanted by "secondary". Best--Michael Oritt -- In a message dat
News to me (and very PC). 'Master-slave' is still commonly used in electronics and, among other things--database design: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication.html To be correct--not PC-
Count the County of Los Angeles among the PC crowd http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp <http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp>The mind boggles at the PC crowd. _______________
cases, the distinction is critical.< I agree. At one time, we had two cats -- a primary cat and a secondary cat. The secondary, or auxiliary, cat was not the slave of the primary. This distinction w
Next wires that are black, white, red, white with black tracer, black with white tracer, etc. will be termed PC incorrect by the PC police. All wires will have to be multicolored and you can test the
Then there is the master cylinder. What about use of "black sheep"? "Black of night" "red faced" "Chief" of police "lily white" on and on. == Next wires that are black, white, red, white with black t