Re: headlamp bulbs

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> I guess I trust strangers too much...isopropyl alcohol, right?

unless you want your car subjectewd to roadside testing - whoops, wrong
thread?
> 
> Also, btw, I just pulled a pair of H4 100/130s out of my other car as they
> have a tendency to melt the left side headlamp connector on that vehicle,
> and I'm going to downgrade it to 80/100s, I think.
> 
> It's always the left side first. I added relays for the lamps and I thought
> they were getting a good ground...but it's always the ground connection
> that fails.

gee not really, your high beam for each H4 is only just over ten amps. 
seperate ground on each side?  what guage?  Those big .300 (or
whatever...) terminals ought to be able to handle it.  Have you tried
dielectric gel on the terminals and connections to improve the
conductivity yet?
-- 
Huw Powell

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