[Vwdiesel] Another puzzle to solve...

[James Hansen]

My 81 A1 Jetta had way too much power going through the headlight switch itself. 
I found this out once by adding more bulb wattage without adding a relay to limit current, way back when I apparently needed to learn more.  Tuition was a car full of smoke and lights out at 3 in the morning on a curve, in the foothills on the way to a ski hill.  If I remember, ALL the high beam current went through the dash rocker switch.

So, you lost primary power, could be the switch which I would check first, or the fuse panel which isn't like the A1, so probably not the plugs on the back like the A1 was prone to develop resistance.  Also, I don't believe the circuit path when the dimmer stalk is actuated (flash to pass function) sees the load reduction relay, it might go straight through, might have lost something there too.  That's why fused relays that are just before the headlamp are so good in this application.
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: Vwdiesel [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of Roger Brown
Sent: December-30-14 1:45 PM
To: vw fans
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Another puzzle to solve...

Not sure if the VW headlight dimmer switch is like the Toyota, but this is how I solved that problem on my 4x4:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Headlights.shtml#Headlight_Combo

It looks like they have a single pair of contacts that switch power to either high or low beam and the high beam indicator is powered off that same contact.


On 12/30/2014 11:32 AM, ken1 wrote:
> Just had an rude awakening; got up early today, still quite dark outside, started my 1982 caddy and took off. About a mile down the highway, decided to see if bright lights would aid me seeing thru some low foggy spots......Pulled the bright light wand upward and BOOM! was surrounded by total darkness and no Bright LED on. Pulled the wand again and dim lights were restored. Another puzzle to solve.
>   
>

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