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

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Not according to the Bentley. This seems like a boneheaded design.
>The switch doesn't power up the relay, the relay is powered up by
>the low beam circuit, and it supplies power (through a fuse) to
>the switch, which always handles the full fog light power.
>Jumpering out the relay makes the car Euro-spec, just supplying
>power directly from the 31 (ignition-on power) to the switch.
>
>The same stupid design is used for the rear window defogger,
>which doesn't have a relay at all!
>
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>
>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)

Great! So now that I have reconnected (conductive glue) the rear defogger
and gotten it working, am I well on the way to destroying the switch? Or do
Audi rear defogger switches tend to survive alright? I used to hate the
10-minute defogger timers, but now I sorta wish my Audi had one.


Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
'89 100 (For Sale, 111K, automatic)
'91 200q				mailto:pjrose@servtech.com