YOUR FLOOR DIMMER IS JUST LIKE A JEEP CJ
FLASHING HEADLIGHTS IS DEFINITELY THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DIMMER HAVING PROBLEMS
IT'S REALLY BAD IF THEY GO OUT, AT NIGHT, MILES FROM HOME, AND YOU ARE IGNORANT TO WHAT'S HAPPENED. SO YOU DRIVE REALLY SLOW, TO LIMP IT HOME. THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, PULLS YOU OVER AS YOU PASS A CONVENIENCE STORE. HE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF "YOUR PARTICULAR DILEMMA". AND YOU GET A WARNING, "NO DRIVEY WITHOUT LIGHTS IN THE FRONT". THEN THE SAME FELLER GIVES YOU TICKET FOR THE 2 FLASHLIGHTS TAPED TO THE BUMPER, ABOUT AN HOUR LATER! (DON'T EVEN ASK!)
SINCE THIS INCIDENT, I HAVE SEEN IT MANY MORE TIMES. NORMALLY BOTH THE PIGTAIL AND THE DIMMER ARE RUINED FROM THE HEAT, WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO SALVAGE EITHER---USE DIELECTRIC GREASE ON THE NEW CONNECTORS! ABOUT $7 FOR A TUBE AT THE AUTO STORE
IN THE PICS, THIS IS A NEW PIGTAIL, THE CONNECTORS ARE ALL THE WAY FORWARD
WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THE CONTACTS INSIDE THE CONNECTOR GET SHOVED REARWARD AND REALLY DO NOT CONNECT ANY MORE, THE JUST "TOUCH". THIS IS WHERE THE HEAT STARTS GENERATING. THEN "MELTAGE" OCCURS---THEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONNECT
YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT SHOVED TOGETHER, REALLY YOU ARE SHOVING THE OTHER CONNECTORS REARWARD TOO, THE MELTED PLASTIC CAN NO LONGER HOLD THEM IN PLACE!
THE MEDIC
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 AT 2:15 AM
