Canon Connector

[jburgessx2]

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

[Fred Hulse]

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

[jburgessx2@...]

Fred,

Thanks - sounds reasonable!

Jerry
85 PT40

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From: "Fred Hulse"

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:54:50 -0700

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Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Canon Connector

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

[Fred Hulse]

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

[GARY MINKER]

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 --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Fred Hulse wrote: From: Fred Hulse Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Canon Connector To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 12:34 AM 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