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Rear Fog Lamps 700 1990

posted by  Musician on  Fri Aug 1 21:14 CST 2014
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Found a lot of information today. One socket was melted. I used a solder scraper to remove the excess plastic inside the socket hole so that a lamp could be inserted. I fixed the metal bus as it had popped loose of its melted plastic retainers. I used superglue. That is suboptimal. I will look for something better.

I plan on wiring these to my brake lamp busses.

I upped the bulb output as suggested in the FAQ. (Now using 3497 bulbs, which are 28 watts rather than 21 like the 1156 lamps that are spec-ed.) The brake busses (not including the 3rd lamp in the rear window) carry the two 21 watt bulbs. If I wire in the 3497 bulbs that will be 4x28 amps. I imagine I need to change my fuse. Is this the case? Or just leave it alone?

Also, what gauge of wire should I solder to the busses for 28 amp bulbs?
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