Hi all. Thanks to all who replied to my question. When I wired in my new head light switch I did not use a relay. Tonight a friend of mine told me that I might not have used a heavy enough wire for my power to the switch. I am going to wire in a relay just as soon as I can and I can find the instructions on how to wire one in and it might this winter I am getting ready to park it for the winter it is getting cold here already. Thanks again for the help this list has always come thru for me when I need help on this car. Bob 68 Imperial convertible ----- Original Message ----- From: <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:02 PM Subject: Re: IML: 68 head lights > 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 > > > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm