Relays for headlights

[Russell Ashley]

This has been discussed more than once before, and I was always of the opinion that a relay wasn't needed when running halogen head lights. I've run halogens in every vehicle that I have owned for as long as I can remember with no problems, that is until now. I have a new headlight switch from Danchuk, and halogen sealed beams in my TF. Last night I was coming home from a cruise in about 25 miles from home with the dim lights on. It was fine on dims but when I switched to brights it only took a minute for the lights to start going on and off. I turned the lights off for a few seconds to let the bi-metal strip on the switch cool down, and then turned them back on on dim and drove home with no more problems. I'm only throwing this out because I think I have commented before that I didn't think a relay was necessary, but apparently the switch in a TF isn't capable of powering Halogens reliably. It could be just my switch but it is new.