euro high beam problems

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)]

went out there and played a lil' on lunch, here's what i found. first off 
the side i didn't use (pass. side)  i never cut the connectors off of, so i 
looked right at the high beam wire i did use. what appears to be happening 
is that every time i turn the brights on, a lil' bit more of this wire 
"burns", or becomes dark and brittle. is there anyway to stop this or am i 
going to have to route a new high beam trigger wire? if i do need to route a 
new trigger wire, what the best way (easiest way) without looking "hacked" 
to run this wire? tia
   hit


>From: "John Erickson" <ranahan@charter.net>
>To: "The Hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>,calimus@techography.net
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: euro high beam problems
>Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:18:08 -0400
>
>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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>|
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'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
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