Re: IML: FW: 68 head lights switch issue

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

If indeed there is a relay, what Henry says should not apply, as the load due to
a bad bulb should go through the relay, not the switch.

D^2

Quoting Matt Hopkins <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> here is what my neighbor the expert had to say about your headlight switch
> issue:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry [mailto:hypel@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:44 AM
> To: Matt Hopkins
> Subject: Re: 68 head lights
> 
> 
> The first thing coming to mind is a bad stop light bulb wherin the end of a
> broken filament has swung around and made a shorted contact with other
> elements inside the bulb. I would have thought his switch would have a
> circuit breaker built in. Evidently it has a fuse. Under a normal load the
> switch shouldn't get hot and if it gets too hot it will ruin the switch so
> the sooner the trouble is found the better. Investigate the bulbs first. It
> could even be the wrong bulb for the application causing a short circuit at
> the base.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Matt Hopkins
>   To: Henry Phelps
>   Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:37 PM
>   Subject: FW: 68 head lights
> 
> 
>   What are your thoughts my good man.
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of BOBSMOPAR
>   Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:45 PM
>   To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: IML: 68 head lights
> 
> 
>   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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