Based on your response, my question is that if I'd like to add halogen
headlamps at some future date, will I need to change the wiring as you
indicate? If so I'll stick with the old sealed beams. (One of them is
still a Lucas!)
Joseph
67 B Roadster
On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 19:41:40 -0500, "Christopher G. Moog"
<cgmoog@ibm.net> wrote:
>John Middlesworth wrote:
>
>> I turn the
>> headlamps on and the wires attached to the switch start warming up
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>>
>> 1. Could halogen headlamps cause this overheating?
>
>Yes
>
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>
>What I've done is fuse the wiring going to the headlamp switch (move the
>supply circuit to one of the fused supplies). Add two relays one for low
>beam
>and one for high controlled by the old headlamp supply lines. Power for the
>headlamps (to the relays) can be wired with a 15 amp fused wire (10 ga or
>larger) from the starter solenoid (for extra protection use a fusable link to
>draw the power from the solenoid). This way everything in the circuit is
>fused and you have separate fuses for high and low beams incase of a short.
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