Date: July 2nd 2009

The problem you describe is not a wiring problem but a connection problem. When connectors get corroded all the power has to go through a tiny portion of the connector which gets warm, melts plastic and then fails. Make sure your connections on both sides are clean and tight.

-Pete

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, S. Babar Ali <leadingall@hotmail.com>; wrote:

> From: S. Babar Ali <leadingall@hotmail.com>;
> Subject: [Team3S] Headlight Harness Socket keeps burning out!
> To: speedy.pete@verizon.net
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 2:07 PM
>
> Hi guys, just a quick question... this is the second time
> this has happened.
> The place where the low-beam headlight bulb connects to the
> harness socket,
> that socket keeps burning out on me. I just don't know what
> is going on, the
> socket literally melts... and the bulb goes out. I have to
> move the bulb
> around so the connectors touch the correct place and it
> becomes on again for
> a while and then the same story. I am pretty sure that the
> socket is melting
> due to a spike in the voltage and can't handle the heat...
> is there a
> voltage regulator or something I can put before the harness
> connection so
> the voltage is always stable at 12v going to the bulbs so
> that the connector
> doesn't burn out on me every time?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Ali
> 3000Gt SL '95
> Montreal, Canada.
>
>
>
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