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[Feeble]

My lights have stopped working for the second time in the last month!

They first broke the other week, so I took the switch out, and the white connector bit had brown burn marks on it. The switch was also a tiny bit melted at the back. So I changed the switch and it all started working fine again.

Now, the exact same thing is happening - the switch is starting to melt a little around the middle pin!

Help please MOT on Monday!

[DannyTip]

What bulbs have you got in your headlights? Sounds like you need to relay them.

[Feeble]

I don't know! The wires in the connector are all a bit burned as well! How hard is it to replace the connector?

[Grayedout]

Fix the problem...not the symptom !!

Check the bulbs fiirst !!!

[Feeble]

Ok, so what am I looking for, blown bulbs? Or the wrong type of bulbs?

[Grayedout]

Wrong type of bulbs. Any higher than 60Watts and they could be drawing too much current through the standard headlight wiring and switches.

Either reduce the wattage of the bulbs or re-wire the system using a relay !

[Feeble]

Rewire?! I'll check the bulbs and hope to God that they're wrong!

[Dan]

Have you got any extra sidelights fitted? Have you got halogen headlamps? Is the wiring corroded at the terminals? The lighting circuit runs very close to the maximum safe rating of the switch and so anything which causes it to draw extra current melts the bugger. It runs 14.7 ish amps as standard and the switch is rated at 16 so its easy to overload it. That then causes the wiring and connector to melt. The best solution is to relay the headlamps which has been covered many times before in great depth (as has this whole problem). Search the site.

[Feeble]

Thanks Dan, will do!

[Leonard]

also check the connector under the bonnet catch

[minidaves]

disconnect the resistor by the rad, and check fuse and connections behind grill as could be becaus eof high resistance

dave

[Feeble]

Just had a look at my lights, and I have got 60W halogen lights... Could this be the problem?

[AlexM]

try this

Hope that helps.