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I have replaced the driving light switch twice on my 2009 Wing.
It has quit working again.
Any ideas why the switch would keep failing?
It has quit working again.
Any ideas why the switch would keep failing?
The fog lights on my 2005 are on all the time via the switch. It has failed on me twice, but the failure had nothing to do with being on constantly. The lube in the switch just dried up causing the switch to stick. Both times I pulled the switch apart to lube it. The electrical contacts showed no sign of arcing, pitting, or burning. In fact they were clean bright copper.
My hazard light switch has failed in the same manor as the fog light switch, and it has never been used except to test it about once a year or so.
Joe in Modesto
The bypass harness from Electrical Connection will fix this problem. But it is only for the OEM foglights.
Ray.LED lights use far less current to run.EC should be able to tell you what their lights draw as far as current goes.Just wondering....will you get the same heat build up using the LED driving lights.
Ray
There is a little bit of misinformation being stated here.
If this setup is the OEM Honda foglights, Honda did a poor job of engineering this circuit. They do not turn their foglights on with a relay like every other foglight setup on the planet. They drive the lamps directly through the switch. I guess they figured since they were using only 35 watt bulbs that the switch could handle all the current. They were wrong.
Yes, the switches are known to stick. But with the OEM wiring, what typically happens is that the switch contacts get resistive and start to heat up. When that happens, it melts the surrounding plastic. With the plastic supports melted, the insides of the switch just fall apart.
It has nothing to do with running them all the time. Running them all the time will obviously cause the switch to fail sooner.. But no manufacturer would ever build a foglight circuit with the intent of the lights only being run occasionally. The current being drawn by the lamps is just too high for the switch.
The bypass harness from Electrical Connection will fix this problem. But it is only for the OEM foglights.