> From: John Caldwell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Headlight Wiring Questions > > relays are never "necessary". Your lights will work A LOT better if you > do use them. Since you're getting power directly from the battery instead > of through thin wires going all the way into your dash, your headlights > will be quite a bit brighter.
relays *are* necesasry, if you go high enough with the power your headlights draw. for one, they allow you to easily retrofit thicker gauge wire to handle the higher current loads, which the car's existing wiring was not meant to handle. i suppose you could bypass relays and rewire the main wiring harness in your car if you wanted though... relays are also necessary to allow the main current draw to bypass the headlight switch, which was NOT designed to handle all that current. there is no way to get around this, and running +/- double the current through your headlight switch WILL make it burn out prematurely. ben _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
