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Old 01-16-2001, 01:10 PM
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Default Hella Micro DE's are in. No pics yet, but the damn fuse blows every time i turn the lights on (more)

i wired them up to the parking lights, and used the relay so i can turn them on and off as i wish.

what a pain in the a$$. i don't know why the fuse is blowing though....gotta find out when i get home from work....ughhhh.
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Default They are blowing because you're drawing too much power...

Use this faq for the right way to relay it in to the parking lights....<ul><li><a href="http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays/">http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays/</a</li></ul>
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amp rating is too low on the parking brakes to run driving lights
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they're the parking lights, not brakes....
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that's what i meant... leave me alone...just trying to help =)
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what if I just throw in a higher amp fuse?
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look....now you went and hurt my feelings.... :,( j/k!
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Default your relay will then fry =/

relays have amp ratings as well... and you may burn up the wires in that circuit.
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Default I wouldn't go around second-guessing Audi's fuse ratings.

Unless you want to become a living torch sometime in the future...
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Did the lights come with a in-line fuse?


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