[s-cars] 9011/9012 bulb question

[LL - NY]

My concern is actually the not quite mega-buck light switch in
the steering column. It's no fun taking the steering column apart
and removing the airbag and wheel just to replace a stupid light
switch in a badly designed circuit.

LL - NY

On 12/6/05, Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> tim rad wrote:
> > I have the 9011 in both Hi and Lo beam slots.  All I did was
> > trim the bulb for Lo-beam.  No relays installed on my car.
>
> Relaying the lights will give more voltage to the bulbs, making
> them brighter.  For example, if your bulbs currently see only
> 11V (check it at the bulb) getting a full 12+ volts to them will
> make them roughly 10% brighter.  In a nutshell, heavier wiring
> directly from the jumper post or alternator to the bulbs gives
> more juice than the long run of thin wiring from the fusebox to
> the switch to the bulbs.
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/headlight-simple.htm
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
>
>
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