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Today I had no head lights.
Found fuse blown, after reading wiring diagrams I was able to get the head light to light without blowing the fuse by jumping out the relay.
Blue to red wires I tried it first without the reserve lighting unit in the circuit (I jumperd out the high beam circuit)then with the reserve lighting unit in the circuit.
All functioned like it should.
I tested the relay from the contacts to ground and go no continuity and I checked the coil resistance which was 20 ohms I'm no electrician but I believe this translates to .6amps using ohms law.
Apparently the relay is the cause of the problem since the lights work when it is jumped out I just would like to be able to identify what exactly is wrong with it?
Possibly high contact resistance?
I must confess the connector for the reserve unit was one I missed when cleaning the connectors it wasn't too bad but could that cause it?
I also noticed a 1 volt drop from battery voltage to the voltage at the relay is that too much?
Hope I'm not asking too many questions at once.
Last does any one know of a good option for replacing the relay?
Rick
Found fuse blown, after reading wiring diagrams I was able to get the head light to light without blowing the fuse by jumping out the relay.
Blue to red wires I tried it first without the reserve lighting unit in the circuit (I jumperd out the high beam circuit)then with the reserve lighting unit in the circuit.
All functioned like it should.
I tested the relay from the contacts to ground and go no continuity and I checked the coil resistance which was 20 ohms I'm no electrician but I believe this translates to .6amps using ohms law.
Apparently the relay is the cause of the problem since the lights work when it is jumped out I just would like to be able to identify what exactly is wrong with it?
Possibly high contact resistance?
I must confess the connector for the reserve unit was one I missed when cleaning the connectors it wasn't too bad but could that cause it?
I also noticed a 1 volt drop from battery voltage to the voltage at the relay is that too much?
Hope I'm not asking too many questions at once.
Last does any one know of a good option for replacing the relay?
Rick
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