[Healeys] Fusing and wire sizes

[Richard Ewald]

As a rule of thumb your fuse should be about 1/3 larger than your expected
load, so for your driving lights, a 10A would work, of the headlights, go
to a 15A
Rick


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am installing two driving lights with a relay to activate them.  Each
> bulb is 45 W and so two of them equal 90 W.  That means 7.5 amps for the
> two lights combined.
> I have standard headlights and I am guessing they are 45W/55W bulbs for a
> total of 110 W or 9 + amps.
>
> I will use one relay for the driving lights and another relay for the
> headlamps.
>
> What is the wisdom of the list on what size inline fuse I should use for
> each of the relays and what size wire should I use to the individual
> lights?  Should I fuse each light?
>
> As always, TIA,
>
> Fred Wescoe
> 63 BJ7
> With a new wire harness.
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