burning smell
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burning smell
i have a 96 f150 straight six 2wd. i have installed a fog light for use as an under the hood light. i have it running off a fuse in my fuse block that operates the spedometer inside light and also i have another wire running to that same fuse that i installed myself for my after market radio. recentlly i started smelling a burning wire. i didnt smell it when just the radio was hooked up to it but after i installed the fog light, a couple of days later even with the fog light OFF, i started to smell the burning smell. not sure where it is coming from but i was wondering if that has anything to do with it even know the light is off.
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A couple of shots in the dark....
What's the wattage of the Fog light?
What size wire did you use to wire it with? (18, 16, 14, 12, 10)
Is it correct to say that, You have the speedometer, after-market stereo and fog light all on (1) fuse?
What size fuse?
Did the truck originally come from the factory with an unde-hood light? If so, the pigtail nearest the driver-side firewall you could just splice into.
If you are running to low(thin) gauge wire to the light, you would overheat the wire and it will give off a nasty, electrical burning smell. It may not even blow the fuse. EDIT: Overheated electrical wire, Printed Circuit boards can give off a fried smell and usually it can take some time...maybe even a long time before it completely dissipates. I've seen electrical engineers @ my work blow AC and DC motors up because incorrectly wiring them and they will give an audacious smell that can last severla hours(exposed to open enviroment) to several days(contained inside a closed enviroment)
I just know that with the Ford Recalls for a cruise control switch that mal-functioned and set Ford owners A BLAZE..(Literally..parked the truck, drank coffee and truck is torched in the garage....) I would really investigate this seriously...I would put the Under-Hood Fog Light on a relay with a switch so I would know it was either on or off with no power to it, regardless.
Hope All is Well!
What's the wattage of the Fog light?
What size wire did you use to wire it with? (18, 16, 14, 12, 10)
Is it correct to say that, You have the speedometer, after-market stereo and fog light all on (1) fuse?
What size fuse?
Did the truck originally come from the factory with an unde-hood light? If so, the pigtail nearest the driver-side firewall you could just splice into.
If you are running to low(thin) gauge wire to the light, you would overheat the wire and it will give off a nasty, electrical burning smell. It may not even blow the fuse. EDIT: Overheated electrical wire, Printed Circuit boards can give off a fried smell and usually it can take some time...maybe even a long time before it completely dissipates. I've seen electrical engineers @ my work blow AC and DC motors up because incorrectly wiring them and they will give an audacious smell that can last severla hours(exposed to open enviroment) to several days(contained inside a closed enviroment)
I just know that with the Ford Recalls for a cruise control switch that mal-functioned and set Ford owners A BLAZE..(Literally..parked the truck, drank coffee and truck is torched in the garage....) I would really investigate this seriously...I would put the Under-Hood Fog Light on a relay with a switch so I would know it was either on or off with no power to it, regardless.
Hope All is Well!
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