Re: IML: 68 head lights

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

If you wired it the way I have wired the switches in both my 68's, it should not
get hot, unless something went wrong.  The current going through it should be
enough to activate the relay, and the relay has a bunch of resistance, so the
current cannot get high (unless you applied a very high voltage, which I am
sure is not happening in your case).  It is possible that the relay is
muflunctioning, and is shorting out or something.  Try replacing that relay. 
Its cheap, and real easy to get to.  Or, if you have a multi-meter, check the
resistance between the triggering wire and ground, it should be plenty of Ohms,
like over 10.  Another possibility may be that you did not wire the relay right,
but it would probably not have worked at all in that case.  A hot switch can be
bad news.

By the way, I have only installed relays for the low beams, because I almost
never use high beams for extended periods.  If you use high beams for extended
periods, you would have to install one for high beams too.  That would be done
exactly the same way you did with the low beams.

D^2 

Quoting BOBSMOPAR <bobsmopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi all.
> How hot should my head light switch get when using my lights.
> Here is what I done to the car I have installed a new head light switch that
> I bought from car quest it is wired right D>2 told me how to wire it.
> And it has worked great until now.
> When I stop at a red light or just stop my voltage gauge drops below the
> center of the gauge and when I step on the gas to move it goes back to
> charging the battery.
> Last night I blew a fuse that is on the back side of the switch and the
> switch was really hot.
> Were would be the best place to look to fix this problem or does the switch
> get this hot just from the amount of voltage that goes thru it.
> Thank you for any help that you can give me.
> Bob
> 68 Imperial convertible
> 





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