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Re: Fuses for Euro lights?



At 10:34 PM 6/3/96 EDT, you wrote:
>A question for all ye electrical experts: I have fitted a set of Euro
>headlights to my 92 100/A6. I now want to uprate the bulbs from 60W High beams
>to 130W. I have installed 10 gauge wire (blue I think) is 10 for all circuits
>except the main battery feeds to the supplemental relays which are red. I put a
>15 amp in line fuse in the battery feed. I fitted the new lamps and blew the in
>line fuse on the high beams. Replaced the bulbs with the 60W versions and the
>fuse, no prob. So the Q is, if I go to a 25 amp fuse ((130+130)/12), am I going
>to cook the wiring?
>
Probly fry the snot outa yer light switch :-0,  all power goes through it.
Try some relays!!! 
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