Noise when wet

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[Dj:Eep]

Here's one for ya's.  Last guy I showed it to said, "Well, it sure is making a noise..."

When it's rainy outside (rain, in Oregon? Never.) and the headlights are on, Geri Lou makes this faint "chyew-chyew-chyew" sound.  Kinda  like a kid making a "laser beam" sound. When I turn off the lights, it slowly fades out, like, "chyew- chyeeew----chyyyeeeeeewwww----------chyyyyyeeeeeeeeewwwwww..........."

Gotta be water getting into the switch or something, but???

[vdubyah73]

You sure "noise when wet" belongs in the child boards? Does the noise go in time with the wipers? I know you said headlights but when you have wipers and headlights on at the same time there are more amps being drawn through the fuse panel. Maybe a false ground happening up under there. A false ground is when the proper ground isn't good enough and the current finds another way to ground sometimes through another circuit. I would check the grounds for headlights and wipers.


Bill

[Dj:Eep]

 

I thought that same thing after I posted it...  Oh well, the "children" probably won't get it anyway.

The wipers have nothing to do with it, I usually use Rain-X, since I hate flicking the wipers on and off constantly, and leaving them on in a drizzle sucks.

It is quiet, so it is most noticeable when parking, just after engine shut-off, but before hitting the light switch.  At first I thought it was just coincidence, the connection between the lights, and the noise, but I've pretty much nailed down that they are the source.

Geri Lou's under-dash wiring is a mess.  I've been meaning to clean it up since I got her, but something more pressing always comes up.

As for wipers, don't try and listen to AM radio with the wiper on!  rrrrnnnnn-rrrrnnnnn, rrrrrnnnnn-rrrrrrnnn

[bus71]

I  have   a   simular   issue.  I   have   halogen   sealed   beams.  The   passenger   side  doesn't    seal,   water   gets  in   and   sizzles   on  the   hot   bulb.   Why   the   bulb   hasn't   blown   I   don't   know.   It's   done   this  for   years!

[Dj:Eep]

Geri has sealed beams too, maybe it's the same thing.

[Wizzard]

I have a similar issue with my turn signals . Sometimes when I hit the turn signals I get a grrrrrrrrrrawwwwwwwwllllllll . And of course in that mode they don't work .
Gonna look for a new model at the swap meet during the Spring Fling .
Peace , ~W