bosch relays

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Those little Dymo electric labeller labels stick well for wiring (doubled 
over on themselves), that's how I did my headlight wires so I can still 
figure them out.
Cathy

>From: Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>To: Chad Eatock <ceatock@sympatico.ca>
>CC: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: bosch relays
>Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:57:23 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>When relaying your headlights you should relay each beam separately.  VW
>fused each beam to prevent single points of failure (ie you blow a
>headlight fuse and you lose both your lights when you're driving down the
>road late one night and smash into a drunken cattlebeast that staggered
>into your path.)  You should maintain this functionality by installing 4
>relays, one each for right/left high/low.  To maximize redundnacy, use the
>appropriate trigger wires for each relay - ie. for left low beam relay,
>use the left lowbeam circuit, for the right lowbeam relay the right
>lowbeam circuit etc.
>
>Make sure that you either use colour coding consistent with the wiring on
>the car or label the circuits (or document it and leave the paper above
>the fuse panel) so that two years down the road you can troubleshoot the
>wiring issues without having to tear the whole mess apart.
>
>Drew
>
>On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Chad Eatock wrote:
>
> > Hey Guys thanks alot for the direction....Canadian Tire here has 30A 
>relays in stock...would they suffice? Or should I keep on track with 
>40A......anyways, I'll eventually get them....I am just wondering how 30A 
>relays will do...
> > Chadster '87 16v
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