| An excellent article on why to upgrade to a relay system.  I have done this 
and my H4 Hallogen lights are about 30% brighter after the upgrade, and the 
switch in the dashboard no longer gets hot. 
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html
I did not use his kit, I just bought the relays from radio shack, but he 
also offers a kit for a very reasonable price:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/products/products.html
I liked the results of using the relays on the headlights so much, I also 
added one to the heater blower motor, and now I have defrosters that 
actually work!
David Riker
davriker@pacbell.net
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker/
http://community.webshots.com/user/fool4mg
----- Original Message ----- 
From "David Lieb" <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Relays and heater valves
>I am not entirely comfortable with having all of the amperage for the 
>headlights running through the headlight switch and the dimmer switch, 
>especially since I would like to toss in some halogens. I have long 
>maintained that it was a shame that Lucas did not discover the relay until 
>it was too late to do any of my cars any good. I would like to use a relay 
>for my high beams, one for my low beams, and one for my horn. 
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