? Hella lights

[Tony S]

Over the weekend I put in the H1 H4 upgrade to the car 87 325is.

When I wold turn on the High beams the fuse would blow, after putting in a 10amp fuse this solved the problem.

THese are 55w high beams, has anyone else had this happen, do these lights draw that much more current

Yes they are wired correctly.

[Jordan]

Fairly common. Stock fuse is 7.5amp I think, so a 10amp won't hurt anything.

I have 10amp fuses for my high/lows.

[M-technik-3]

What wattage are you running for the H4's? same? As mentioned 10 amps won't hurt it but beyond that you are risking a wire fire.

[Ryan Stewart]

I ran those 10 amp fuses for a long time when I had my Hella H4s. No problems at all. Now I have 15amp ones in there because occasionally the 10s would pop during the HID startup. The wire doesnt get warm to the touch anywhere during the startup. 8)

[Tony S]

Thanks guys,