Yep. I didn't consider the Vanagon, waterpumpers (or Ford) which all use a different setup, I was only addressing Beetles. Just look at the schematics, there's no provision for any sort of flash-to-pass feature - the hi/lo relay only knows how to do one trick, which is to switch the contacts between 56->56a and 56->F each time a ground pulse arrives at S.
--- Chuck Kuecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You sure about that, Marc? > > My daughter's '83 Scirocco, my '91 Vanagon, my '05 > Ford Focus, and my > '67 Bug all have the "flash" feature, as does my '58 > Ghia. The last one > was bought in Germany and self-imported by the first > owners, so maybe > that one has a different headlight dimmer relay. > > Perhaps it's not "intentional"... > > Chuck Kuecker > > marc vellat wrote: > > No flash-to-pass feature (not on any US-market > car, > > anyway) and no "default" position. > > Each time the relay receives a ground pulse on S > it > > energizes, and each time it energizes it switches > the > > output from 56a to F (or vise-versa) - it's > designed > > so that when it's on F the next pulse will change > it > > to 56a, and when it's on 56a the next pulse will > > change it to F. Hard to describe without a > picture, > > but it's just accomplished by the physical design > of > > the internal mechanism. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
