Re: Debi's 1953 Patrician
Posted by HH56 On 2014/9/18 10:24:07
I can't speak to all the different ways others have done their relays but I chose to mount mine so they could be easily removed. These are on a 56 but believe same principle for most models will work since Packard tended to keep things like the basic wiring reasonably constant. I know I can do something similar on the 47. I believe Randy mounted his 56 relays under the front splasher completely out of sight and might have some photos in one of his blogs.
For this one, I made a chassis and mounted the relays using some existing holes -- sort of out of the line of sight but still in the engine cmpt close to the original fender terminal strip. Removed the existing HL connections from old terminal strip and re-connected to my new strip. Ran the relay commands & ground back to original strip and connected where the original high or low beam had been.
There are options on getting the new power for lamps. If the horn relay is close, that feed is a 12ga wire on 6v cars so one option -- If horn relay is not close, you can go directly to the starter solenoid BAT connection and run a new wire. Being 12v and slightly smaller horn wire I chose the latter and installed a self resetting CB inline in that new wire. I do recommend using an additional breaker for the lights whichever place you choose to obtain power.
12v relays are available all over. 6v relays are available from several places and possibly still in regular parts stores. I believe someone mentioned that the 60s thru early 70s VWs still used 6v relays for their headlights. I bought my 6v relays from Y&Z Yesterdays Parts along with the other items since they have a minimum amount for online orders.
Here are a couple of photos of my install along with a crude schematic.
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For this one, I made a chassis and mounted the relays using some existing holes -- sort of out of the line of sight but still in the engine cmpt close to the original fender terminal strip. Removed the existing HL connections from old terminal strip and re-connected to my new strip. Ran the relay commands & ground back to original strip and connected where the original high or low beam had been.
There are options on getting the new power for lamps. If the horn relay is close, that feed is a 12ga wire on 6v cars so one option -- If horn relay is not close, you can go directly to the starter solenoid BAT connection and run a new wire. Being 12v and slightly smaller horn wire I chose the latter and installed a self resetting CB inline in that new wire. I do recommend using an additional breaker for the lights whichever place you choose to obtain power.
12v relays are available all over. 6v relays are available from several places and possibly still in regular parts stores. I believe someone mentioned that the 60s thru early 70s VWs still used 6v relays for their headlights. I bought my 6v relays from Y&Z Yesterdays Parts along with the other items since they have a minimum amount for online orders.
Here are a couple of photos of my install along with a crude schematic.
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