hella wiring

[Lee Levitt <wheelman@shore.net>]

snowphun <pajono@compsol.net> writes:

>  I recently obtained a set of Hella 500 fog lights, not the best, but
>none the less good stuff. Anyways, the lights did not come with any
>instructions. The lights only have one wire coming out of them, right
>off the bulb. How do these things get grounded? I would guess through
>the body of the light to the mounting point, but the body is plastic.
>  Is this similar to the Hella XL's? I'm planning on adding a set of
>Hella driving lights as well and still haven't figured out the
>difference between the two.

There should be a tab on the bulb holder inside that a spade terminal will
slip onto. That's the ground terminal. The body is plastic, and won't help.

The XL provides a slightly different beam pattern, a bit more like a low beam.

Lee
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