euro light relay question
Harten Eric C Capt AWFC/TD
Eric.Harten at nellis.af.mil
Mon Sep 11 16:22:09 EDT 2000
I have put relays into my 1995 90 for high-watt bulbs and eventual euro
light conversion, but they have been doing some weird things lately. I did
the standard thing with using the existing headlight sockets to power the
relays. All worked well at first. The only problem I had was that since
the fogs and high-beams used the same ground, I had to pull the fog relay to
let the high-beam relays shut off properly ( they had been sticking on due
to a residual voltage). Now, on what seems to only be hot days) the relays
will not come on sometimes. They just start to buzz. During this
condition, when I turn on my lights, the high-beam dash light comes on very
weak (no light and a buzz). When I turn on the high's, the dash light
brightens up a bit but still no light. I then pulled the new high-beam
relay and just left the low beam relay and I have not had a problem for a
couple of weeks. Have I developed a short? But, why the apparent thermal
effect? Cooked relays in 120 deg heat? Some ground I have not dealt with?
Each relay has it's own chassis ground. I have checked all the pins with a
multi-meter and all the voltages checked out. Any ideas?
Eric
1995 90SQ
2001 A41.8T
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