The power for the headlights shouldn't go through an ignition switched
circuit.
As far as i can remember of the Sierra wiring, the light switch on the
column only switch relays which should have a permanent live feed, not
ignition.
I doubt if the wiring was rated to handle twice it's normal load.
The correct way is to fit an extra relay, connect it's coil to one of the
existing main beam circuits and power the relay directly from the battery
via a fuse.
This way you are putting no extra load on the existing wiring.
Jim
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From: "Chris Young" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:47 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Xtreme - Wiring load capacity?
Hi all,
So I was driving back to Wimbledon from Banbury a few weeks a go at
night in the Xtreme, I went via Oxford ish and picked some nice
country roads to drive on.. when I realised that it would be great to
be able to see where I was going like I can in production road car -
ie the Main Beam is a bit naff !!
So I have bought a pair of 55w Driving Lamps to add on.
My question is does anyone have any idea as to what the rating is for
the wiring that would be involved if I patched these onto the present
main beam wiring.
At present
white ignition wire would have extra load on it? any idea what it is
rated at amps wise?
the main beam relay is fed from one 15amp fuse then each bulb has a
separate wire from the same relay out post.
I would need to up the fuse to 20amps at least, probably 25. then I
could tack the extra lights one onto each main beam feed so they come
on at the same time. Any ideas on what these wires are rated as ?
any thoughts?
(The unlazy and safe option if I can't find out any of the above is to
add another relay and power them separately. Trying to be lazy if I
can just add them on it will be a quickish job, adding the wiring a
lot longer and more costly)
cheers
Chris
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