>>> From: CLAYTON LEOPOLD <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] '84 Spider Steering Column Rheostat
Rheostat keeps shorting out, even ones I've replaced. (Once nearly started a fire, ignition wouldn't work for a minute or so afterward!). <<<< I have never heard of these switches causing problems. That you have more than one burn out strongly implies it is not the switch. It is one of the items the switch is controlling. One is drawing excessive current. You will need an amp meter and a wiring diagram. Check the draw on each item and you will probably fine one that is drawing much more than the others. That bulb is probably shorting out. Carl Davis Galena, Illinois, USA 750E, 750F, 101.21, 105.57, 115 -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
