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| BPic |
 Apr 16 2020, 03:41 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States 
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I hope you all are safe and well.
Trying to wrap up all the wiring connections. I have, based on my photos from 2 years ago and the wiring diagrams, all the wires connected correctly. However if I leave the running lights and headlights on for 5-10 minutes the housing on the headlight switch is almost to hot to touch. I really don't want to spend more money on a switch. Do you think that's what it is? Are they rebuildable? Thanks all! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Spoke |
Apr 17 2020, 07:38 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,994 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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All the current in the headlights indeed run through the headlight switch. One would need to add an extra relay to run higher power headlights. Might be a good time to switch to LED headlights.
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| BPic |
Apr 17 2020, 07:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States
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@spoke - So no relay needed with LED? Maybe I'll bite the bullet and buy the ones we discussed on the phone.
Thank you! QUOTE(Spoke @ Apr 17 2020, 09:38 AM)  All the current in the headlights indeed run through the headlight switch. One would need to add an extra relay to run higher power headlights. Might be a good time to switch to LED headlights. |
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| Bleyseng |
Apr 17 2020, 10:08 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(BPic @ Apr 17 2020, 06:42 AM) @spoke - So no relay needed with LED? Maybe I'll bite the bullet and buy the ones we discussed on the phone. Thank you! QUOTE(Spoke @ Apr 17 2020, 09:38 AM) All the current in the headlights indeed run through the headlight switch. One would need to add an extra relay to run higher power headlights. Might be a good time to switch to LED headlights. Get the ones from 914Rubber as they have the right pattern. I installed a set and they work great, much brighter so I installed them also on my Westy. I have H4 headlights now with LED bulbs, so much better |
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BPic Headlight switch Apr 16 2020, 03:41 PM
Superhawk996
I hope you all are safe and well.
Trying to wrap... Apr 16 2020, 03:54 PM
BPic @Superhawk996 - I'll give this a shot I appre... Apr 17 2020, 06:50 AM lierofox Alternatively if you're feeling adventurous yo... Apr 16 2020, 04:40 PM BPic @lierofox - Thanks. I may have to dig into it. Th... Apr 17 2020, 06:53 AM Superhawk996
Alternatively if you're feeling adventurous y... Apr 17 2020, 07:58 AM Bleyseng or are you running H4 's without relays? Apr 16 2020, 05:14 PM BPic @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu... Apr 17 2020, 06:59 AM brant Geoff got it
You can’t run hi output headlights... Apr 17 2020, 07:27 AM BPic @Geoff - And this explains why I had to replace so... Apr 17 2020, 07:40 AM Spoke
@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?show... Apr 17 2020, 07:53 AM 90quattrocoupe If you want to go the relay way, this is the way t... Apr 17 2020, 12:55 PM Superhawk996 @90quattrocoupe
Nice clean setup and you wouldn... Apr 18 2020, 10:12 AM Bleyseng I installed relays with my H4's years ago but ... Apr 18 2020, 10:34 AM 90quattrocoupe @Superhawk996
Yea, they did a very nice ... Apr 18 2020, 10:38 AM |
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