quattro digest, Vol 1 #4713 - bulb life

[Mark L. Chang]

Haven't scoped it myself, but I'd tend to agree with Huw here. But,
there are plenty of others that are in agreement with the original idea
(alternator vs. battery), so I'll try and borrow a scope sometime this
weekend and see what I can find.

FYI, my lights are rigged to the alternator output directly. I have had
one, maybe two bulb failures since I put the Euros in Septermber of
1999 running 80/100 (shhh...knock on wood too).

Mark

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:41:30PM -0500 or thereabouts, Huw Powell wrote:
>
> While there is a certain intuitive appeal to that logic, we must keep in
> mind that there is a very heavy gauge wire directly connecting the
> alternator output post to the battery (except perhaps in a
> long-neglected type 44...), providing a *very* low resistance path to
> damp those spikes (and troughs).  Far lower resistacne than through the
> headlight filament circuits.

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