I was going to place inline fuses on the headlamp wires and call it good. I
have a pair of Cibie H4 lamps/lenses for my car. Right now Ill keep the
sealed beams in it as I have not restarted the car since the loom
replacement and I don't want to introduce any additional unknowns, as the
bulbs are old.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> What we are talking about is the standard relays, not the modern head lamp
> relays.
> Kees Oudesluijs
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> Op 5-4-2012 12:19, Larry Varley schreef:
>
>> Something that I think seems to be missed here, is that a headlamp relay
>> is generally a special relay with thermal overload rather than a fuse. Do
>> you really want your headlights to decide to go off while driving at speed
>> on a winding road? A proper headlamp relay will flash the headlights on and
>> off if there is a problem in the wiring, as the thermal switch in the relay
>> opens and closes contacts. Food for thought.
>> Cheers
>> Larry Varley
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