euro high beam problems

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

Check the OEM wiring you DIDN'T use to trigger the relays. 
 We normally use one side and leave the other side 
dangling someplace.  Maybe it shorted out somewhere.

John
Long Beach

"The Hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
|guess i forgot to mention, each side high beam has it's 
|own relay. there is also a 30amp fuse between each relay 
|and the battery. the fuse that keeps pooping is the 10 
|amps, #'s 9 and 10, in the fuse box.
|
|
|>From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
|>To: The Hitman <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
|>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
|>Subject: Re: euro high beam problems
|>Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:30:03 -0400
|>
|>All I can say is that if you haven't yet, then you need 
|>to relay, relay,
|>relay.  Did I mention relays?
|>
|>You could also have a short somewhere, but the best way 
|>to find it, and
|>fix other potential problems would be to relay the 
|>lights.  Its easy, is
|>simple and you just can't beat the benifits.  Also, if 
|>you use Patricks
|>wiring diagram to do the relaying, replace the custom 
|>tupperware fuse
|>block holder that he used with some simple in-line fuse 
|>holders.  While
|>it isn't "needed", adding the fuses at that point will 
|>help prevent any
|>chance of you killing the battery due to too much drain.
|>
|>William
|>
|>The Hitman wrote:
|>>
|>>   every time i hit my high beams (eurolights) i blow 
the 
|>>fuse in the 
|>fuse
|>> box. i triple checked all my connections and relays 
and 
|>>everything 
|>appears
|>> to be right. i then replaced the 10 amp fuse with a 20 
|>>amp fuse, now the
|>> highs don't work at all. so i went back to the 10 amp 
|>>fuse and the highs
|>> came on for 30 secs or so before the fuse blew again. 
|>> any ideas here? 
|>i'm
|>> stumped. tia
|>>   hit
|>>
|>
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|So Sayeth The Hitman
|'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
|'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
|<http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>
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John
87 16v
Long Beach