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ers and lubes that are recommended by your OEM. Using a wire brush to clean corrosion off connectors is not necessarily a good idea, he adds, as you might be taking off some of the conductive metal at the same time as rust, creating more resistance in the circuit, which is what you wanted to correct in the first place.
“The best thing is to plainly replace bad connectors, there’s nothing else to do once they’re attacked by corro- sion. No matter how hard you clean them, some resistance will always remain,” Ferland says.
Just ignoring the corrosion on terminals is not an option either, according to Enrico Fontaine, ser- vice manager at Centre du Camion Ste-Marie. “Rust will eventually rot the terminal and prevent it to feed current to the lights,” he says.
Road debris and calcium can also accelerate corrosion and be a source of unwanted electrical resistance. Wire harnesses should be washed on a regular basis, using water only, Ferland advises. And when using a pressure washer, never aim the water jet directly at connectors. There are grommets and other types of insula- tion materials to protect them, but there are limits to what they can take.
A damaged wire could also explain why a light does go on but stays dim. “If you only have a couple of filaments left, your amps don’t have a path to go through anymore,” Ferland explains.
When replacing a damaged wire portion, always connect both ends with quality heat shrink butt connec- tors, advises Russell. Forget about marettes – humidity traps, he says – or manual splicing with tape on top. A bad connection or small wire gauge will only add resistance and poten- tial problems to an electrical circuit.
When troubleshooting an inter- mittent electrical problem, an amp clamp will give better results than poking a wire with a multimeter spike, which will only open the door to water, corrosion and unwanted resistance. Another good way to cir- cumscribe and locate the problem zone would be to examine the OEM’s electrical diagram and then proceed by elimination, Fontaine suggests.
Russell estimates that “probably 85% of chassis-related problems – lighting and other – are related to chassis grounds.” So, ensure that all grounds you create have a perfect bare metal-to-metal connection. No form of rust, grease, or paint allowed. Once a good clean ground is in place, then it’s okay to protect it with a sealant. Enamel paint can be a good option as it completely seals out oxy- gen, which eliminates the likelihood of corrosion, Russel underlines.
One thing that Ferland, Fontaine and Russell all agree on is that, in the lighting industry just like in any other, you get what you pay for. Often, the debate is not so much about LED vs. incandescent but poor-quality material vs. good com- ponents that will keep your truck on the road, generating revenue. TN
Heating LEDs
LED lamps last longer, light brighter and withstand vibration better. Their only weakness is that they don’t gen- erate heat, which allows snow and ice to accumulate on them.
A New York State company called Maxxima says it has solved the prob- lem by incorporating heated lenses to its commercial vehicle LED prod- ucts (headlights, taillights, etc.) to provide the best of both worlds.
When the temperature drops below 10 C, a heating element goes on and heats the LED lens up to a temperature of roughly 30 C to melt any snow or ice on the surface. The heating system automatically shuts down when the outside temperature rises, claims the manufacturer. TN
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