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jhow66 · 02-07-2006, 01:35 AM

By the way DO NOT use a fuse in your headlight circuit between the power source and your relays. Why? Pitch black road--75MPH-- hit a bump or whatever--light wire shorts and blows fuse--no lights and a curve coming up that you cannot see--ouch. Circuit breaker--lights goes out-comes back on -goes out and so forth. The circuit breaker in the light switch will protect the wires from light switch to the relays.

02-07-2006, 01:35 AM	#19
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Re: Headlight relay mod revisited...my way to do it and save some money By the way DO NOT use a fuse in your headlight circuit between the power source and your relays. Why? Pitch black road--75MPH-- hit a bump or whatever--light wire shorts and blows fuse--no lights and a curve coming up that you cannot see--ouch. Circuit breaker--lights goes out-comes back on -goes out and so forth. The circuit breaker in the light switch will protect the wires from light switch to the relays. __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer