[urq] Replaceing H4 with sealed beam

[fdekat]

Regardsing the following message...

IF you are talknig about the '4 lamp rectangular' sealed beams that older
urq's have..

I'm pretty sure tHe pin out of a H4 bulbs, and the High/Low beam bulb (of '4
lamp rectangular')sealed beam are different. Two leads change places. But I
don't remember what two.

Conversion Kits that convert you from sealed beam to Halogen bulbs normally
come with a short 'conversion harness' that plugs between the car harness and
the H bulb to switch the required leads around.

On the other hand, 4 lamp round (high/low) , 2 lamp round, and 2 lamp 
rectangualy all directly replace with H4...


Regards,

 -Frank de Kat- 


> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 18:34:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: steven j <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [urq] PO put in 100/80 watt bulbs and switch 8amp fuse for
> 	16amp	(can i just go to DOT lights?)
> To: urq at audifans.com
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> 
> Left headlamp stopped working so I figured let me
> quickly get an old fashion seal beam (H4656) incase I
> can't find the 65w halogen bulbs I had from my VW
> Rabbit days (1979).  
> 
> Can I just plug in the H4656 instead of the pitted H4.
>  I did try this and it didn't work - but then I found
> the 16amp fuse #1 was blown.  Owners manual says low
> beams just get a 8amp fuse.
> 
> By contrast it looks like the H1's have some kind of
> wire adapter to go from DOT high beams to H1 
> 
> So I'm hoping to get the correct 8amp fuses and just
> swap in some halogen sealed beams.  My priority is -
> no fires.
> 
> Actually the wiring for the low beam does look like it
> was modified - there is a small white plastic cylinder
> with ends which wires pass into.  These ends screw
> into a center section which is filled with a metal
> rodwith conical ends that the end wires are compressed
> into.  A connector of sorts.  
> 
> steve