brake light switches keep melting
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brake light switches keep melting
i have been going through brake light switches lately and dont know why, 3 days ago i went and got a brand new switch and today i noticed my brake lights not working, i touched the switch and it was super hot and the plastic parts inside were melted why is this please help. thank you in advance.
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If your not blowing fuses, check your brake light bulbs & make sure they are the proper ones. The OEM bulbs suck down 100 watts as it is, if someone put even more "power hungry" bulbs in the 4 positions, that might be causing the probs. Only thing I can think of, anyway...
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Alternately, if a wire has rubbed somewhere and is shorted to ground (or at least dumping a lot of current to ground) you'd be dumping a lot of power through the switch. That would most likely blow a fuse, though.
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Thanks for the info guys. i havent been blowing fuses though. but the internals of the brake light switch are plastic and for some reason, the switch gets super hot and the switch melts inside. anyone?
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Didn't like my wrong bulbs theory, eh?
OK, try this- you have a bad stop light warning relay in the CPU.
Oh, BTW, I forgot about the "high mounted" stop light bulb- make that 135 watts of power that winds its way through that switch
OK, try this- you have a bad stop light warning relay in the CPU.
Oh, BTW, I forgot about the "high mounted" stop light bulb- make that 135 watts of power that winds its way through that switch
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It also could be as simple as dirty connections. On my truck I had that problem. I eventually raced it back and cleaned every connection to the bulbs and it went away.
I think it's because the lamps are going to try to pull the same power no matter what. so if you are getting a voltage drop at a connection, it has to make up the difference some how and pulls higher amps.
this is my second electrical question to answer tonight. hmm
I think it's because the lamps are going to try to pull the same power no matter what. so if you are getting a voltage drop at a connection, it has to make up the difference some how and pulls higher amps.
this is my second electrical question to answer tonight. hmm
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