RE: [DML] Re: Headlight switch savers

[Joseph Kuchan <josephkuchan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

By the way, driving an incandescent light with a relay or switch is not as simple as it sounds. A cold filament in a light bulb (i.e. when the bulb is off)  will draw around 10 - 12 times the amount of current it draws when hot, i.e. "on". 

No joke. The surge current on an incandescent light is more severe than with an inductive load!

Joe Kuchan



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From: hmcelraft@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:11:32 +0000
Subject: [DML] Re: Headlight switch savers




















    
            
            


      
      I did this very thing some 20 years ago to my 3354 so I could get a marker light flash with my alarm - I realized when I set it up that I was removing a lot of amperage from the light switch. Same relays (OEM's in the relay compartment), original light switch, so far, and 60,000 miles later.



Harold McElraft - 3354



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@...> wrote:

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> With all the talk of relays wearing out instead of the switch itself due to the amount of current draw, I am surprised none of the vendors sell a dual relay kit.

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> The left side and the right side of the car are electrically isolated by fuse #2 and #8.  It would be incredibly easy to install 2 relays in line with those fuses such that a separate relay controls each side of the car.  This would also relocate the relays to the "relay compartment" instead of hidden behind the center console.

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