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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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Lightbulb off-road light relay buzzing..
... so is this not good? when i turn the lights on it will buzz till i flick the relay and then they turn on.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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any help?
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Originally Posted by truckntractorhick
any help?
sounds like a bad relay, try swapping it out for a known good one and see what happens
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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ok sounds good! a trip to radioshack and im done!
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Be sure your ground for you relay is good.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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will that make it buzz to?
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If it doesn't have a good ground yes it will buzz.Make sure you have bare metal to put the ground wire to.
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so maybe take off the ground and sand the paint off?
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Originally Posted by truckntractorhick
so maybe take off the ground and sand the paint off?
Yep,that works
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alright thanks! i love this forum!!
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keep us posted
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Best thing is use a scotch bright pad to rough up the paint and make sure it's a good chassis ground or you'll be going back to rado shack again lol
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ill be using sand paper...... any recommended grit?
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whatever it takes to get the paint off
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