Want to talk about an OMFG! Look at the fist pic below, I removed the cover over the bulbs and the fist thing I see is black spots on the heat shields. Yep that is insulation burning off the wires feeding the cooling fans. I dont know the amps running to those fans but damn if an accident is not inevitable!
Pic 2 below
As you can see I traced the wires and marked each SSR to which zone it is. Surprisingly it is a ten bulb flash so the middle (zone2) is actually wired for four bulbs and the other two for 3 each.
Pic 3 below
I first purposely scorched a shirt so the pattern can be seen notice the last third of the shirt is where the major scorching starts. Also please keep in mind I have the flash shimmed 1/4" higher at the end in an attempt to control this.
Pic 4 below
First I swapped the control wires from zone 3 to zone 2 SSR respectively. Re scorched a shirt as you can see identical pattern.
Pic 5 below
I put the control wires back respectively, I then switched the output wires to the bulbs again with zone 2 and zone 3, I would have preferred zone 1 and zone 3 but the wires were to short. Anyways looking at the pic below I think tho it is not easy to discern that there is a difference, you guys can chime in and let me know.
To sum up it may appear to be a funky SSR ( I hope) The controller is definetaly ruled out I would say.
As for the wires burning up under the hood what the hell am I going to do about that? Brian what is the specs on these wires as in voltage and amps, is it dangerous?
Should I look for high temp wire to replace with or is there a high temp insulation I can wrap them in?
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