2008 E250 LIGHTING
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2008 E250 LIGHTING
WE improved the over the road lighting capacity of an E250. text is at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...rd/xQWaFoH2-D8
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...rd/xQWaFoH2-D8
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Improved E250 lighting
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http://picasaweb.google.com/10223445...91488748877072
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http://picasaweb.google.com/10223445...72239065002018
http://picasaweb.google.com/10223445...91488748877072
NEW PHOTOS
http://picasaweb.google.com/10223445...72239065002018
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2008 E250 lighting switch panel
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the first link malfunctioned try here
http://picasaweb.google.com/102234459580640424681/55002
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2008 E250 LIGHTING COST
the 550's are abt $100 pair for 'kit' with relay
relay is $4
90 watt blue white bulb is $14-18 ?
10 ga wire comes in various lengths. See Summit Racing for colors. The top line at Summit, Pica ? is excellent. McMaster Carr sells 100' for less. Very industrial.
10ga connectors at the local auto store run $5 each pack.
and a 2' length of rod at the 550 diameter.
why not LED ? I don't know LED from LED. The 550'S were bought in 2007. Hella works. The LED spectrum is from say $200 a bar up to $1500 for the same looking/length assembly.
Leaving me with no grip and meaningless lumens numbers.
Does the Odyssey charge off a 200 amp alternator with the Kenwood roaring, 5 aux lights, and 2 halogen headlamps burning going south in an Arkansas thunderstorm ?
No.
but we can turn off the lights for an hour.
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2008 E250 LIGHTING
NEW photos of beam pattern
Picasa Web Albums - DATAKOLL MARINE R... - 550
text at
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!top...rd/xQWaFoH2-D8
Picasa Web Albums - DATAKOLL MARINE R... - 550
text at
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!top...rd/xQWaFoH2-D8
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12V+ at the roof. Step on the dimmer, lights out. Next adding a fail safe light to direct 10Ga wiring into Hella Conversion headlamps AND designing a headlamp up down motor drive.
The Hella Conversion low beams are seen as normal driving lamps with Ford wiring. Hi beam is a wide angle WIDE ANGLES beam illuminating every deer, owl, ISS, limited by Ford wiring...17Ga ?
Low beam would benefit from a motor drive in load/gas and urban/country/desert. In town the grille is undone, Hella adjusted straight down onto road. Out on the open road, low beams adjusted for middle distance using the 17ga works for .5 mile.
The Hella Conversion low beams are seen as normal driving lamps with Ford wiring. Hi beam is a wide angle WIDE ANGLES beam illuminating every deer, owl, ISS, limited by Ford wiring...17Ga ?
Low beam would benefit from a motor drive in load/gas and urban/country/desert. In town the grille is undone, Hella adjusted straight down onto road. Out on the open road, low beams adjusted for middle distance using the 17ga works for .5 mile.
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I'm a bit lost to what this guy or gal posts about----I'm always wondering what we're sharing. Not bashing the effort, just a bit tough to know what we're seeing, how it might work for others etc etc.
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let us in on the agenda
Yep...you know most technical articles have some kind of end-point in mind.
I have no idea what this thread is aimed at doing, or solving, or fixing.
It seems to be a moving target. Various statements about wiring and relays but I cant see where the thread is going. I clicked a few links but some of them went nowhere and drive-by malware is always a possibility with this type of thread.
I installed Hella H4 E-code headlamps and Rigid D2 LED driving lamps and I have a LOT of good quality forward lighting on low and high beams.
That's all folks!
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2008 Econoline recesed headlamps
are you both driving Ford vans with recessed headlamps ?
I'll post before photos, It is what it is...
with the headlamps installed what wattages and what's the factory wire gauge ?
how's the voltage supply using the computer at bottom page here:
American Wire Gauge table and AWG Electrical Current Load Limits with skin depth frequencies and wire breaking strength
I'll post before photos, It is what it is...
with the headlamps installed what wattages and what's the factory wire gauge ?
how's the voltage supply using the computer at bottom page here:
American Wire Gauge table and AWG Electrical Current Load Limits with skin depth frequencies and wire breaking strength
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ALUMINUM...wood lamination failure from aggressive drilling
http://picasaweb.google.com/102234459580640424681/6279150649646358417#slideshow/6279150652967780194
http://picasaweb.google.com/102234459580640424681/6279150649646358417#slideshow/6279150652967780194
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RIGHT SIDE SWITCH PANEL
