Why Is This Fizzing/scolding Hot?

[johnhenry 20]

Evening all

 

great news - its running clean and the fans are working.

however - once i turned it off, the fans ran for a minute or so, then off, and i could hear a fizzing/hissing

 

on close inspection, resulting in a burnt ear, is it this little fekker. (wires going into it 58B or 68B, hard to tell due to the scuffing on the wire.

 

 

Possiblities from what i have seen/noticed

 

1) It was touching the metal part of the radiator, so heat might have transfered to it?

 

2) the plug can be fitted both ways, should i see if it gets hot when I've plugged it it round the other way?

 

3)its fubar'ed

 

 

 

 

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

They do get hot on my experience.

[johnhenry 20]

glad its not just mine then!

ll plug it in the other way tomorrow, see if that produces any other effects.

[TheReaperWaits 6 1 Cars]

The metal casing is a heatsink to the resistor inside. If it is getting hot it is doing it's job.

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Get a tool clip from a agri store and mount them on that, keeps them away from potentially melting wiring.

[welshpug 1,666]

Should be clipped to the rad, use something metal.

[welshpug 1,666]

Its the low speed resistor btw.

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Welshpug that was helpful just basically repeating what am saying! Are you just trying to add to your record post score ? !

[welshpug 1,666]

Pardon?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Please keep the bickering out of the public forum farmer.

Every one is here to help

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

I offered my help on the other thread to be ridiculed by welshpug. So what goes around comes around.

[johnhenry 20]

been up to pick up a beam from jord today, massive drive, haven't checked if it does anything different being plugged the other way,

 

will pick up a couple of tool clip as suggested tomorrow and clip it onto the slam panel (thats where it was originally?) (and the dim dip was on the front metal piece under the headlight.

 

Also - thanks for the help with the elbow hose farmer, is perfect and working just right whilst the new silicone is being sorted!