<VV> Headlight switch

Harry Yarnell hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 4 15:45:01 EDT 2009


Corrosion will DECREASE the current flow, so it shouldn't trip the breaker. 
It's just plain corrosion of the contacts that prevents current flow, hence 
no lights.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: <GPARob at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Headlight switch


>I suspect that there is corrosion around the dimmer switch which is causing
> increased resistance which in turn is causing the circuit breaker in the
> headlight switch to trip.
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <GPARob at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:20 PM
> Subject: <VV> Headlight switch
>
>
>> You know, I had that problem with a replacement headlight switch in my
>> early
>> 73 Bronco.  I made it happen by putting some great Cibie Bobis into  the
>> headlight buckets.  The headlights worked fine on low beam, but when I
>> lit up the
>> extra extra bright brights, well, the stock circuit breaker couldn't 
>> take
>> it.   it would kick the headlights on and off every 15-30 seconds  or so.
>> I wonder if you've replaced your headlights with something that might
>> draw
>> more amperage- like some cool blue Halogens? ?  ??
>>
>> Just a  thought.
>>
>> Rob Neighbour
>>
>>
>>
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