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Headlamp Relay modification. A bust IMO 200

posted by  daveshan on  Mon Oct 4 09:25 CST 2010
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Tony a properly done relay system will result in increased voltage to the lights and a corresponding increase in light.

Here are some tests I did way back in '99 or so

http://volvo2.homestead.com/240lighting.html

My thought is possibly the loss is coming from the printed circuit board or the electronic relays.

If you connect the + lead from the relays to the terminal where the alternator joins the main wire to the starter you will get almost the full voltage the alt' puts out ~13.7 or so. Better yet attach it to the alternator.
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Dave Shannon
Durango, CO
'67 1800s
'88-240
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