[200q20v] Burned Headlight Plugs

[Peter Schulz]

At 09:56 PM 1/22/2002 -0800, Gary Anderson wrote:
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>An electrical question for the collective Audi knowledge pool.
>My son's 4Kq, vintage 1985 has done it a second time.
>His budget upgraded (bright bulb wiring harness kit with 80/100w, from
>2Bennett) stock headlights has burned the ground plug  connection in the
>wire harness plug again.
>The plastic has melted, and turned black around the ground wire terminal
>portion of the plug.
>Any suggestions where/what the problem could be? Any BTDT's?
>New bulbs, clean connections, is one the passenger side both times.
>Thanks, Gary A...
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Gary:

Sounds like the ground path is being asked to sink more current than its
potential capacity...causing the overheating and melting of the plastic.

I would first recheck your ground connections to ensure that they are
indeed clean and low resistance....an at the same time ensure that the
ground wire is the same gauge wire as the wire supplying current to the bulbs

I'm not familiar with the 2Bennett harness kit - does it include relays?

HTH




Peter Schulz
1990 CQ
1991 200 20v TQW indigo mica
1991 200 20v TQW titanium grey
Chelmsford, MA USA
peschulz at cisco.com