Terry,
Awsome...great article...understandable even by electrical morons like
me.
I put a Chevy-Duty harness in my Panel...and just burned incense and
chanted mantras...and sure enough most everything works...however the
headlights are a joke (the car following me casts my truck as a shadow
before me). I was thinking of switching to carbide lanterns ;-)
The article brings up a couple of questions though....
1) Will this upgrade (relays/heavier wires) work for a
6-volt/generator system? ...and is it worth it or is six volts always
going to be dim? (the article seems to assume a 12-volt/alternator
vehicle)...I guessing it will.
and...
2) Do these oletrucks have a 'fusible main link' as strongly
recommended in the article? (and if not, has anyone put one in?).
-A
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry Stellman
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 11:31 AM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Task Force rewire
I would recommend running heavier wires through relays for the
headlights.
I am doing that with mine right now and I have a Painless wiring kit
installed although I don't think the problem is unique to Painless.
All the
wiring kits have too small of wires for the long runs from inside the
cab,
through the switches, and back out to the bulbs. I measured the
voltage at
the bulb on mine and it was only 11.4 volts which equates to about 50%
light
output from the bulb. Here is an excellent article on how to do it.
http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays/
Terry Stellman
1949 3600
Missouri City, Texas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gage L. Thompson / Schulz [SMTP:Gagejohn@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:37 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: [oletrucks] Task Force rewire
>
> Ok guys and gals, I've got the painless kit for my 59, now I'm ready
to
> roll. But, I've got one question. How do I make provisions for the
dual
> headlights? I'd like to have all 4 light up with the brights on.
>
> Any ideas? I didn't know if it'd be too smart to just run them off
the
> same
> line.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Schulz
> 59 with spaghetti wiring
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
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