Alternator Amp Size?
THIS is what overheated connectors look like.
IF you drive at night a lot.
And if the car has newer headlights, then the odds are good that some connection(s) in the headlight circuit will have too much resistance for the load. There is a 15 amp breaker in the headlight switch itself. However it doesn't always trip in these situations because the current flow isn't quite that high.
One solution, a a good one, is to connect the headlights to the alternator output through relays. This eliminates the long route to the headlights and takes the load off the main power circuit. The original wires to the headlights are used to turn the relays on and off.
A '70 Duster came with 6012 headlamps, nominally 40 watt low, 50 watt high beam.
These were often replaced with later 6014s, which are 50 watt low, 60 Watt high.
or sometimes H6014 (Halogen) which were 55W , 60 Watt.
However another replacement halogen that is now more common is the H6024, with only 35 Watt low beam and 55 or 60 W high.
THIS is what overheated connectors look like.
IF you drive at night a lot.
And if the car has newer headlights, then the odds are good that some connection(s) in the headlight circuit will have too much resistance for the load. There is a 15 amp breaker in the headlight switch itself. However it doesn't always trip in these situations because the current flow isn't quite that high.
One solution, a a good one, is to connect the headlights to the alternator output through relays. This eliminates the long route to the headlights and takes the load off the main power circuit. The original wires to the headlights are used to turn the relays on and off.
A '70 Duster came with 6012 headlamps, nominally 40 watt low, 50 watt high beam.
These were often replaced with later 6014s, which are 50 watt low, 60 Watt high.
or sometimes H6014 (Halogen) which were 55W , 60 Watt.
However another replacement halogen that is now more common is the H6024, with only 35 Watt low beam and 55 or 60 W high.
