re: headlamp wiring

["scott miller" <macatawa@hotmail.com>]

Sounds like you had a loose connector.  Arcing can produce spectacular 
voltage spikes, sometimes melting components elsewhere.  Cheapie spade 
connectors currently carry my current.  Audi connectors, boots, etc. are 
in hand but not yet installed 'till my local group gets their 
eurolights.  See Chris Miller's site for Audi eurolight connector part 
numbers, they'll take whatever size wire you assemble them with.  I 
believe my Hella catalog also has H4 connector shells and brass ready to 
assemble, you might check a Hella dealer.  I'd check for you, but I'm on 
the road 'till Friday night.

-Scott

p.s. if you get three copies of this, sorry.  Hotmail is acting strange.

>>Stock low beam wires, just the headlight switch is bypassed, in hopes 
of 
>>extending it's life a bit.  My stock harness has one 12 ga. wire per 
>>headlight bulb.
>
>I've been smoking H4 headlamp connectors on my other car, dropped back 
to
>stock wattage bulbs, and *still* smoked a connector. Ground connection
>toasted.
>
>So I bought a couple of new connectors, ran 12 gauge grounds from 
connector
>to firewall. Too soon to tell what happens.
>
>But here's the question...where does one find H4 headlamp connectors 
with
>wiring larger than 18 gauge? I had to take apart the connector to add 
the
>12 gauge ground, and I still have 18 gauge for hot leads. I really 
don't
>want to take them apart too...the Hella connectors I got with the 7" 
round
>lamps were 14 or 16 gauge...the ones from Pep Boys were 18 :(
>
>...or are you guys just running spade connectors right onto the bulb
>termimals?
>
>TIA,
>
>Lee
>
>


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