Steve Lowe wrote:
>
> On Mon, 07 Apr 1997 16:21:20 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >
> >I had the Fog lights installed at the dealer as part of the purchase.
> >(They forgot to order them with my truck) I looked under the hood in
> >the fuse box, and the relay for the fog lamps was not there. The lights
> >work fine though. What does the relay do? Thanks,
> >
>
> Ryan,
>
> The relays for the fog lights go in positions one and two in
> the power box. As I understand it the relays provide full voltage by
> bypassing the normal switch. Normally, in a electrical switch, people
> run the power into the switch, then back out to the light. Now, the
> problem with this is, all of the volts has to go through that switch
> and wiring, and than causes it to lose voltage. What a relay does, is
> supplement by adding additional voltage when the switch is on. If they
> did not use the relays, they did a Mickey Mouse job on your truck. I
> would make them fix it and use the factory parts!
>
> Steve
Steve, I'll call up the service dept and ask them what's up. Thanks
for the eye opener!!!
Ryan
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:07:37 EDT