electrical --oh god have i done a stoopid thing again ?

[jaylo264]

i had some spare wire , tinned , brown sheath , loads of it , so i connected my "new" 2 rear wiper/wash assy using it , it being 2.5 mm2 , is this too heavy a wire for such a situation ?
jaylo

[AngeloEvs]

better to have oversize than t'other way around Jaylo, if its all done and connected/routed nicely I would leave it be. When winter comes and the wipers freeze to the glass you might be glad you have the extra current capacity in the wiring!

[jaylo264]

ta for reply , AngeloEvs -- the ting is , my temporary connection to check out whether the motor works is simply a bit of thin wire to the battery pos + neg, tried each of the two thick wiresas pos and seems to work ok on one ,wiper a bit slow tho , BUT the thin wire gets very hot -- the thin wire does not seem that much thinner than the OEM coloured wires from steering boss to the relay box area , so am a bit and worried in case we goes oop in flames.
jaylo

[AngeloEvs]

Hmm, difficult to asses without seeing it but wire getting hot not good. Could be motor could be incorrect gauge but something amiss I fear.