[tcb] Re: Request to the geniuses

  • From: "Chuck Blue" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:38:28 -0500

I just expanded on the original wiring a little bit to give Denis a chance to 
hang some electrical stuff in there without burning things up,it didn't work.It 
still burnt.
ole blue
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Denis Dodson 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:23 PM
  Subject: [tcb] Re: Request to the geniuses


  Sammie, have you not seen the thing hanging under my dash?
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: sammie smith 
    To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 5:48 PM
    Subject: [tcb] Re: Request to the geniuses


    Uh, this is Denis right.  No relays to my knowledge on a 63 bus.

    Chuck Blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
      The head lights have relays on them.I wonder if the relays may be bad 
      causing a voltage loss?
      ole blue
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: 
      To: 
      Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:32 AM
      Subject: [tcb] Re: Request to the geniuses


      > The contacts on the footswitch could be corroded and not letting the 
full 
      > amount of current through.
      >
      >
      >
      > Another thing to consider is that your low beam elements are worn. 
      > Halogens will do this over time.
      >
      > You can rig up a test with two wires and a battery or a bench power 
      > supply. If it isn't yellow on the bench then I'd change the switch.
      >
      > As a recommendation, I have my headlights going through a relay on two 
of 
      > my busses to avoid having all of the load go through the switch. The 
      > switch then just acts as a relay actuator.
      >
      >
      > I also recommend Sylvania Starbrites. I have them on the DC.
      >
      >
      > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
      >
      > -----Original Message-----
      > From: "Denis Dodson" 
      > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:42:04
      > To:
      > Subject: [tcb] Request to the geniuses
      >
      > I have not been happy with the brightness of my headlights. They are 
12v 
      > sealed beam halogens, and my "brights" are very bright but my dims are 
      > just yellow. They are sooooo dim that I don't like driving with them. I 
      > have seen other splitties with yellow dims, so I don't think it is a 
      > unique thing.
      >
      > I bought a nifty headlight thingy that replaces the big scoop and 
allows 
      > for a H4 bulb, but I installed it tonight and the results are about 
      > identical. You can't even tell the difference between the old and the 
new.
      >
      > Mr ScirroccoRocket Boy, Chuck, who I thought was a genius and has done 
      > some pretty incredible things with the bus electrical system (ask me to 
      > show you the small nuclear device where my fusebox used to be) 
apparently 
      > has no clue with this.
      >
      > How can I make my dims brighter?


      
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