Re: electrical lesson for the day

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Joe,
I'm thinking your loose wire shorted to ground intermittently and burned up
the contact in the relay.
Once that happened, it was toast anyhow.
Did you put a fuse in the supply lines from the battery?
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: electrical lesson for the day


> Did you know that relays can still put out voltage but not be able to
> provide current for lighting? Neither did I!!! Ask me how I know.
>
> Putting on euro turn signals turned into a 2 hour bitchfest.  What
happened
> was after I put them in I didn't have a right side low beam.  So I pull
back
> into the garage and start looking around behind the light, and find a wire
> pulled out of the crimp connector.  I recrimp it.  Ah, easy fix, right?
>
> WRONG! It still doesnt work, now I'm thinking WTF? Swap bulbs like three
> times, no.  Play with the connector, nothing.  All fuses good.  Check
> voltage at the connector, YES, I have voltage so what could be the
problem?
> At this point I'm really wondering what the hell the problem could be.
>
> I started playing with the headlight switch and saw a flash where all my
> relays were.  Eh?  Check all the fuses down there...no...the RELAY finally
> went.  It's warm too.
>
> Diagnosis: when the relay had power but was not loaded the coil got hot.
> i.e. when the wire came disconnected the relay not being loaded caused the
> problem.  The contacts got fudged up too, which is why I got voltage but
no
> lighting.  FUN FUN FUN!
>
> Joe
>
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