Re: Fog Light Rigging............

[CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay@dinamis.com>]

At 04:40 PM 10/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:51 PM 10/15/98 +0000, Rich wrote:
>>Hi Listers!
>>Hope everybody is enjoying a nice fall season. On the A4.org website there
>>is a description about how to modify the operation of the fog lights (in an
>>A4) so that they are available to be used with the high beams as well. Does
>>anybody know whether the procedure is the same for the 90? Actually what I
>>would really like to do is mod the fog lights so that they could be used
>>with the headlights totally off. Thanks for your help!
>>
>>Rich Salz
>>'95 90 Quattro Sport 
>>VT Plate "24TRACK"
>
>On my 93 100CSQ i have foglights in the bumper...  I just took out the fog
>light relay and put in a 15 amp fuse, and jumpered two of the connections
>together...  But now that i have 100w h3 bulbs in there, the fuse and wire
>melted so i had to go with a 30 amp fuse now the wire doesn't even get hot...
>
>Levent Cur
>'93 100CS Quattro 5spd (Mine) 93,500 Miles (Mint)
>'87 5000CS Turbo Auto (Sister's) 199,946 Miles (Very Near Mint)

Hi Levent,

Putting in a larger fuse will not make the wire feel any cooler. Power =
Current squared x Resistance. Which component of that formula do you think
was affected by a larger fuse? A fuse is a passive device which is nothing
more than a piece of wire which is designed to melt when a given amount of
current at a given voltage flows through it. In other words, you want the
fuse to melt *before* your wiring does or your insurance company is going
to own a very charred Audi. I suggest you have someone who knows what they
are doing take a look at what you have done just to be on the safe side.

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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