4K CSQ-Head light switch

[Kneale Brownson]

Brand new switches get hot.  I don't believe it's the switch.  It's true 
the connections that melt are the little ones going to the dash and tail 
lights.  But I think the overall heating results mainly from the power 
going to the headlights, and then the other lights add just enough to cause 
their connector plastic to melt.


At 01:56 AM 10/07/2001 +0000, scott miller wrote:

>>Before your switch fails, relay the lights.
>
>But which lights?  Two of my brothers and at least one lister found their 
>failure modes to be the taillight contacts in the switch.  One of my 
>brothers has run un-relayed, big-bulb euros on his replacement switch 
>since the late '80s, without trouble.  The headlight contacts seem robust 
>enough.
>Could there be some other problem, like the switch is arcing internally 
>due to wear or contaminates?  It'd be a shame to put in the relays and 
>still lose the switch.
>
>Scott Miller
>'90 200tqw
>Holland, MI
>
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