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Canon Connector - jburgessx2 - 04-10-2010 15:12

I had a pin in the canon connector on the curbside burn out on my 85 PT40. The
pin appears to be the window lighting for both sides of the lounge area. The
male and female both have melted.

My question is why? The lights have been working fine and all appeared to be
working fine before hand. Could the pin have shorted out due to a bad
connection at the connector? Or, do you think something in the lighting has
gone haywire (a ballast) that caused the pin to overheat. Can I bypass the
canon connector for the lighting (run a wire around the connector)?

Any ideas would be helpful since we fulltime and we do enjoy having our lights!

Thanks.

Jerry
85 PT40

Canon Connector - Fred Hulse - 04-10-2010 15:54


Jerry
Quickly
Yes,just bypass the canon plug and splice the wire.
Corrosion is most likely the cause of the burnout.
Only other cause may have been a weak ballast at one time causing too much draw on the source.
But most likely it was corrosion.
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona
1997 Wanderlodge WLWB41


Canon Connector - jburgessx2@... - 04-10-2010 16:28


Fred,

Thanks - sounds reasonable!

Jerry
85 PT40

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Jerry
Quickly
Yes,just bypass the canon plug and splice the wire.
Corrosion is most likely the cause of the burnout.
Only other cause may have been a weak ballast at one time causing too much draw on the source.
But most likely it was corrosion.
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona
1997 Wanderlodge WLWB41



Canon Connector - Fred Hulse - 04-10-2010 16:34


Hope it works out for you.
It may be an idea to clean up the plug connectors while it's apart using some contact cleaner.
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona
1997 Wanderlodge WLWB41


Canon Connector - GARY MINKER - 04-11-2010 00:06

Caution most contact cleaners melt the connectors and don't work anyway. Go to Caig Labs and buy Cramolin. Never use dielectric silicon grease on electrical connectors. It is an insulator and can absorb water and promote corrosion in the presence of electricity.
Gary
85pt40

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Hope it works out for you.
It may be an idea to clean up the plug connectors while it's apart using some contact cleaner.
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona
1997 Wanderlodge WLWB41