about a year ago i wired up some stock 97-99 eclipse foglights to the stock switch.i cant remember just how i did it but i beleave i just took 12v from somewhere ran that to the switch then from the switch to the lights useing 16 or 12ga wire(speaker wire with both leads twisted together to make one wire).
well everything worked great for i cant remember how long maybe a month or 2 then my switch would only work if i held it in.i took the switch out and took it apart and one of the tracks had heated up and mealted the plastic around it(kinda like whats in the pic but not NEARLY as bad) and that was makeing it stick.so i cleaned it out and got it UNstuck and once again it worked for a while.
well a few weeks ago it started doing the samething,so i buy a new switch,get it today and was just pepin inside to see what happend and this is what i find..
what the hell would cause that? _______________________________________ Parts im Looking for.
Black apillars,black door sills,97-99 eclipse grill,floor mats,CF shift boot and Ebrake cover,CF gauge cluster cover,chrome gauge cluster trim rings
#92508, "RE: Inside of foglight switch burned up?" In response to Reply # 1
the onlything i can think of is where i didnt use each side of the switch for one light,insteed i took the lazy route and ran both lights off one side of the switch and thats pulling to much juice thur one side.i think that would explain all the melting and burning...what do you guys think? _______________________________________ Parts im Looking for.
Black apillars,black door sills,97-99 eclipse grill,floor mats,CF shift boot and Ebrake cover,CF gauge cluster cover,chrome gauge cluster trim rings
#92529, "RE: Inside of foglight switch burned up?" In response to Reply # 3
Yup.
The factory foglight switch is only designed to use a very small current to activate the foglight relay under the hood. You will pull way too much power through those contacts if you attempt to power the lamps directly with the switch.
