[DML] Re: Headlight switch

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See the pic in #5939's photo album.

What happens? You smell smoke and see fire under the dash -- very bad
in a plastic car.

Compare wiring diagram for the headlight switch vs hazard switch.
Don't have my Workshop Manual with me so I can't quote fuse numbers,
but headlight comes AFTER the switch whereas hazard comes BEFORE the
switch.

Problem isn't the switch per se, but rather the ground for the
internal illumination bulb -- that's where the short will fester and
burn unprotected. 

I added another relay in the compartment to drive my side and tail
lights (factory design routes their full amperage through the
headlight switch). In the process inserted a fuse before the switch.
Load through it now is 30 milliamps -- I protect with a 1 amp fuse. 

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roland Smith" <roland@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I have been advised that the headlight switch is not fused and can
catch on
> fire.
> 
> Is this true:? What happens?
> 
> How is it corrected by owners?
> 
> Roland Smith
> Oakland, California
> Vin #6667








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