Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:03:53 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: No High Beams
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Loren,
From what I remember when installing my relay kit, it states that if
you are going to use the higher wattage bulbs in your housings then
you need to upgrade the fuses as well. I believe they are suppose to
be 20amp but not sure. I believe that is what I have in mine and I
have no problems.
Robert
On Sep 28, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
> Mark Drillock got it, right on the button. Both fuses 9 and 10 were
> blown.
> I guess those little 10 amp fuses don't like the bigger lamps I have
> in both
> units. And since I drive at night very seldom they could have been
> out for
> some time.
>
> Thanks for all the responses. For those of you that talked about
> the 'no
> lights, some lights if I hold up the high/low beam stalk' I've BTDT
> some
> years back, a bad light switch on the dash. New (old) switch and a
> set of
> relays and that hasn't come up again.
>
> And for those that asked, holding up the lever produced nothing, no
> lights.
> Has low beams but neither high beams.
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Loren, offhand the more likely explanation is that both fuse 9 and
>> 10 are
>> blown. What happens to the headlights when you hold the lever in
>> the up
>> position?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> Loren Busch wrote:
>>
>>> Quick question before I dive into this, someone might save me some
>>> time
>>> and
>>> trouble. Plus the weather is about to go to hell here and I have
>>> to work
>>> outside, no garage.
>>> I noticed that my headlights wern't working right the other
>>> night. I
>>> appears that when I pull up on the lever for high beams I'm getting
>>> nothing,
>>> all four ('90 Westy) lights out, not even the little blue light on
>>> the
>>> dash. Click it again and I have the low beams.
>>> I have a relay kit in place and it's worked fine for several years.
>>> The info I have indicates that there are separate fuses for right
>>> and left
>>> high beams, I should be able to find those and check them. But I
>>> find it
>>> unlikely that both fuses would go at once.
>>> So, two questions. First, is there a SINGLE fuse or relay for the
>>> high
>>> beams, one that would put all four lights out?
>>> And second (and just troubleshooting in my head) how likely is it
>>> that
>>> it's
>>> just the switch on the steering column?
>>>
>>>
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