quattro Digest, Vol 4, Issue 51- Euro Lights - Harness

[Robert Myers]

I think if you take a close look at those PIAA ads for 85 watt lights you 
will see that they are 55 watt (input) lights and are "rated at 85 watts 
output".  Which means, to me, "marketing hype".  IOW, so much BullShipping.

I agree with your concerns.  That's why I'm not using those SUVLights 
harnesses.  And you can use the high beams around here - regularly.

At 04:26 PM 2/11/2004 +0000, l.leung at juno.com wrote:


>Around the semi urban/suburban area that Chi and I live in,
>for short bursts, the harness will do. Any continuous duty
>with Hi Wattage (> 100 W) bulbs, it'll get REAL hot. From
>what I read on the wire insulation, (PVC) it's only good to
>104 C, so I personally wouldn't use the SUV harness for much
>more than an 85W driving light, 60W Main/55W Dip Beam set-up.
>Of course, the only 85W H3's I've found are from PIAA, so I
>kinda gave up for now (can't really use Main Beams around here
>or you'll piss someone off!)
>
>LL - NY
>
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>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:17:57 -0500
>From: Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
>Subject: Re: Euro lights - harness
>To: CL Wong <montesawong at yahoo.com>, AudiFans <quattro at audifans.com>
>
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>How well will your $55 harness handle four 130 watt bulbs?  Let's
>see...  That'd be about 40 amps.
>
>At 05:47 PM 2/10/2004 -0800, CL Wong wrote:
>
> >I'm currently running their standard wiring harness
> >which uses 2 relays and 14gauge wiring.  It requires
> >splicing into your existing harness.  Cost: $55
> >
> >I think they have a 4 relay heavy duty wiring harness,
> >not sure what they cost.
>
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  '95 urS6 Cashmere Grey - der Wunderwagen  ICQ 22170244
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