Re: Headlite Q

["A. Bjorkheim" <andreb@u.washington.edu>]

> One quick question - can I wire each side's high beams in series?  What I'm
> thinking is running the power from teh relay to one terminal of the H1,
> then connecting the H1's ground to the high-beam +ve wire on the H4 with a
> short jumper, then grounding the H4 with the same 10G.  This way the H4
> lowbeam should still work, since I wouldn't touch its yellow + lead and it
> would still be grounded (thru the new heavy guage cable).  Only thing I'm
> not sure of is whether I'll sacrifice any brightness (or cause any other
> problems) by wiring each side's H1 and H4 in series.  I'm thinking VW did
> them in parallel so that if one bulb blew the other would not be affected,
> and also so that they could fuse each light separately.
> 

    VW did them in parallel so both would get 12volts.  If you did it in
series the voltage would be split up and your headlights would be under
utilized with each getting 6 volts, that is if both H4 high and H1 are of
equivalent wattage.  DONT DO IT.  Wire them in parallel.  You will be glad
you did.

  Andre'

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