Automatic Window Switch Smoking....AGAIN!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
Automatic Window Switch Smoking....AGAIN!
I'm wondering if you guys have had the same problems with the stock window switches as I have. Everytime I put the windows up or down in my '82, I can hear it pop from the spark generated from the crappy connection. I've gone through about five window switches and one of the rear connectors (melted) in the past five years. I'm sick of replacing window switches!!
Does anyone else have this same problem or is it just me?? Anyone used relays with the stock switches?
Does anyone else have this same problem or is it just me?? Anyone used relays with the stock switches?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
It might just be the crappy aftermarket switches I end up with...I dunno.
Last edited by SuprJames; Jul 29, 2007 at 10:46 AM.
Race Director
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Hmmmm I have 1 or 2 more GM switches left so maybe when I have to start buying aftermarkets I will have trouble also.Is this in a daily driver? The reason I ask is kind of funny I used to run into women that would put their windows down and then put their purse on the center console and rest their arm on it thus pushing the switch and making it fail premature.Although yours are hidden under the handbreak.Also some people leave their finger on the switch too long after the window is fully down or up.I'm not a motor guru so maybe some of these other guys will chime in and give reasons for your switch being under such stress.
Le Mans Master
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From: Boca Raton Florida
Do your windows go up fast or slow? I would guess slow, but they are supposed to be pretty quick. The switches get hot because of a voltage drop (poor connection) the voltage drop across the switch multiplied by the curent going thru the switch (amps) will result in power consumed (watts) You know how hot those cheap little solder irons from radio shack get? Thats only 35 watts!
Part of your problem will be the slow windows, thats caused by worn parts and dirt. Go thru the window system and get it all it can be. That will significantly reduce the current required to crank them up. The switches are not real high quality either, but lessening the load will help
Part of your problem will be the slow windows, thats caused by worn parts and dirt. Go thru the window system and get it all it can be. That will significantly reduce the current required to crank them up. The switches are not real high quality either, but lessening the load will help
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
Part of your problem will be the slow windows, thats caused by worn parts and dirt. Go thru the window system and get it all it can be. That will significantly reduce the current required to crank them up. The switches are not real high quality either, but lessening the load will help
