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 Posted: 03-23-2005 08:53 pm
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John Kimbrough

 

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Glen, in stock installations all the current that goes to operate the headlights goes through the delicate headlight switch and dip switch in the cockpit.  What a relay does is isolate the headlight and dip switches from this full (high) current.  It takes just a little current (going throught the headlight and dip switches) to activate the relay, and then the relay supplies the full (high) current to the headlights.

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