Mark Moburg wrote:
> In any event, when you run any current through a
> wire, it will heat up. How much it heats up is a factor of how much current
> you put through it. Your lighting switch carries all the current for the
> head lights, front marker lights, side lights (if you have them), tail
> lights, licence plate lights and dash lights. No wonder the poor thing is
> sweating.
Sure. Just to extend this, the heat is caused by current through
a resistance.
Every wire, every join, and every connection is a resistance,
and could develop some heat. I know that the contacts in the
switch are probably a fairly high resistance, so some heat is
to be expected.
I guess my roundabout question is really asking if my switch
is making a poorer connection than it should, leaving a larger
resistance and a greater source of heat.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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