Re: Headlight Circuit Breaker Question

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2009/8/19 10:31:57

Amps is Amps. The headlights are wired in a simple series circuit from the battery source (at the headlght switch, where your circuit breaker is located) and after the current is passed through the circuit breaker it goes through the switch to the dimmer switch, then to the front body harness to the headlight bulbs, which at that point are in parallel. All we have to concern ourselves with is the portion of the circuit at the headlight switch. The current is the same in a series circuit, that is why the Cole Hersee unit Howard recommends is rated from 6 to 48 volts--Amps are Amps, no matter the voltage. So the cheap O'Reilly's circuit breaker is fine. I really like Cole-Hersee goods, they are well built in my estimation, like the old days.
Did the headlights go out and stay out? or did they come back on for a moment and go back off? I thnk the problem may be elsewhere in the circuit.
Our local discount auto parts store, Murray's just sold out to O'Reilly's, they are just waiting to convert over a boatload of neon signs, the employees already are wearing the green shirts.