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"Hot" Relay?

"Hot" Relay?

I pulled the seat off after a ride last week, maybe 1/2 hour of seat time.  I was attempting to wiggle the relays to see if I could make my headlight misbehave ( This season, I placed a 20W LED H4 replacement in there...)   Anyway, I noticed that the rear-most relay seems to be notably warmer than any of the others.  The rear one probably carries the most continuous current, since it's powering the FI pump, coils, and injectors.  I'd guess about 8 or 9A, but I have not measured it yet.     I
InfraRed  temperature readings with the new high capacity G8HE relays:            New Relay           (previous 9 year old G8HN OMRON) #1             88ºF                                  115ºF #2           112º                                    115º #3             96º (and rising while in neutral) #4           114º                                    125º #5           138º                                    147º     (Again, my headlights do not run through the front relays as on factory wire