Greetings --
As long as I've owned my '59 step-side I've
refrained from using my brights. The fellow who
owned the truck before me installed halogen lamps
and after thirty seconds with all four headlights
on the original switch overheats and the
connectors begin to melt and smoke and the
headlig
It sounds to me that there is no relay between the light switch and the head
lights. I would put a relay in to take the heavy power load off the light
switch.
This relay is operated by the light switch, the relay is hooked up to the
battery, and uses a 30 amp fuse. Maybe some on the list has a
Think about a relay for the high beams.Wolf
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:03 PM
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Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Overheating Headlight Switch
Greetings --
As long as I've owned my '59 step-side I've
refrained from using my brights. The fellow who
owned the truck before me installed halogen
nt: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: [old-chevy-truck] Overheating Headlight Switch
>
> Hard to answer your question not knowing exactly what you have. Best
> thing to do would be to whip the handy ol' ammeter, part of most VOMs,
> and check the current draw of the headli
have to rig something else up if you intend to keep the
>high output lights.
>
>-Original Message-
>From: John Zwolinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:03 PM
>To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Overheating Headlight Sw
