Are you worried about melting in the housing, or in the wiring? The fuses
for the circuit will blow to prevent an over-current in the wiring.
I have always thought it was poor design in many of the GM (and other)
cars/trucks that turning on the high-beams disables the low...
-Peter
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Doug Braun wrote:
> I wouldn't be at all surprised if something melted.
> Wiring on modern cars is surprisingly skinny.
> I bet they do thermal simulations on computers
> to figure exactly how skinny each wire can be
> without overheating anything.
>
> It may be ok in the winter, and melt on a
> 95-degree summer day, with the sun shining on the
> front of the car, while stuck in trafic...
>
> Doug
>
> --- john niolon <jniolon@bham.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > while replacing a headlight bulb "IN MY SHOP"
> > today... I thought about the old
> > 4 light hi-beams... I found a 'kit' online today...
> > relay and some wire... my
> > question
> >
> > On a 2003 Tahoe... will wiring all lights to be on
> > in the hi-beam mode, since
> > everything is made of plastic nowdays... will it
> > create too much heat and I'll
> > have a melt down costing hi beam $$$$$
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