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Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will & Merrisa Nelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:55 PM Subject: RE: [old-chevy-truck] Overheating Headlight Switch > > Hard to answer your question not knowing exactly what you have. Best > thing to do would be to whip the handy ol' ammeter, part of most VOMs, > and check the current draw of the headlights. Typical VOMs have a limit > of 10A, it could be that you exceed this and blow the internal fuse. > Anyway, you need to figure the current draw of the headlights and get a > switch rated for that load. It's obvious that the original switch was > not rated for the load of the high output lights since it cooks when you > kick them on. I would guess that the reproduction switches are rated > for about the same current load. No need really to make it any beefier > if it's purpose is to replace the standard headlights. I would assume > you are going to have to rig something else up if you intend to keep the > high output lights. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Zwolinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Overheating Headlight Switch > > > > Greetings -- > > As long as I've owned my '59 step-side I've > refrained from using my brights. The fellow who > owned the truck before me installed halogen lamps > and after thirty seconds with all four headlights > on the original switch overheats and the > connectors begin to melt and smoke and the > headlights flicker out. The other day I was > working under the dash and noted some arcing at > the power-in terminal of the switch and ordered > up a reproduction switch pronto. As soon as the > new switch is in I'll be tempted to try the > brights to see if it overheats like the old > switch. Or would I be better off just putting > standard lamps in? Has anyopne else had > expereince with hologen lamps? > > Thanks! > > Zwo > > > > > Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! > > To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the > email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! > > To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 12/26/2004 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 12/26/2004 Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
