Brightening the Headlights

[Colin Morgan]

Finally got around to checking the wiring (and voltage drop) to the still somewhat dim headlights (despite the new bulbs). Traced back from the lights to the dip-switch, ignition switch, through the ammeter and finally back to starter motor. Turned out that there was resistence at a poor joint where the wire from the starter motor went into the ammeter - this was obvious on inspection, as it had been running hot at high currents. The voltage seen at the dipswitch was only 5v with the headlights on. Fixing this has restored the headlights to a sensible brightness.

As it was me that replaced the ammeter years ago this was my fault, not Austin's! (However, I am not going to admit that I also discovered that all the dip switch did was swap the main beam from one side to the other - this is now fixed.)