Arcing in bulb holders

[Shrimpy]

Hey everyone.

I have done a search but can't find anyone with a similar problem.

I have had intermittant bulb failures in the rear light clusters so I pulled them off for a good look.

It is apparent that there has been some long term arcing accross the bulb to mount Connections leading to pitting burning and one connection had blown a hole through it's mount !

I have sanded , tack welded and ground repairs to the clusters but was wondering how to stop this recurring?

Anybody else had this problem and know of a cure ?

Cheers

[Deztroyer]

its obviously been a bad connection initially thats caused the issue - providing you have rectified this then you should be ok

[Shrimpy]

Cheers Dez , I hope nothing recurrs.

Ive never used Vaseline (ooh err) but would this assist the contacts and stop any potential arcing ?

[Deztroyer]

indeed anything that would increase the connectivity and prevent an arc ocurring would help

do you have some handy

[madman]

ive noticed this only this week after gaining access to all my rear bulbs. the bulb holder is burnt and pitted and the retaianer is pitted slightly. ive tried sanding them down but will vaseline/grease help in any way

[Deztroyer]

white grease (similar to vaseline) is now commonly used in "preventative repairs" on electrical connectivity on harnesses and bulb connectors in the motor trade (to prevent arcing and possible thermal incidents!!) on some connectors its srynge packed into the joints

[benny]

i would be checking to see if the light fitting isnt leaking normally in the vx world corostion/ pitting/arching in a light normally means water has been present ....the old vec b had it bad some times ...