Re: Headlight relays. Was: Xenon Headlights

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@domain.elided>]

Personally I'd recommend four relays to retain the redundancy that is
provided by having separate fuses for right and left high and low
headlights. However you don't need a third relay to have all four come on in
high beam. Just split the power coming out of the high beam relay. The
relays DS sells are 40 amps and will handle the additional load without a
problem.

The url is http://lighting.mbz.org/

Happy Holidays and all that
Thomas Moll
Seattle, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brase" <jbrase@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: Xenon Headlights


> Mark,
>
> When I got my GTV6 back on the road this past summer I put in Cibie
> e-code lamps from Daniel Stern lighting.  Per his recommendations I
> added relays and separate inline fuses to the system.  The relays take
> most of the load off the switch itself and should contribute to longer
> switch life.  The whole operation came to around $400, which is
> expensive, but the results are awesome.  I now go out at night on
> purpose.  Stern has a very informative web site but I don't recall the
> URL.  You should be able to "Google" it up fairly easily.
>
> If you go this way get a third relay (he sells two in a kit).  The low
> beams are low only and the highs are high only.  You need the third
> relay in order to make all four lights come on in hi mode.  Aim
> carefully 'cause these things put out a lot of light.
>
> John
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