Re: Electrical Problem / Jon?

From: BOBBY (bocd@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Dec 12 2010 - 18:28:45 EST


thanks o)

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:07 PM, John Dunlap wrote:

> congradulations, another job well done.....yeah, on the other thing, I
> think
> I used up about a half box of Puffs myself...
>
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM, BOBBY <bocd@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> hey john ....
>>
>> thanks for the reply. i was absolutely shot last night. i have a head
>> cold
>> and when i'm sick my heads always f'd up.
>>
>> last night i noticed that when completing the ground circuit for the
>> 2 assy
>> relays i installed... all of the relays in my main fuse panel would
>> pull in
>> and out. 1 relay was for my inverter and the other for the fan. when
>> isolating the fan circut, the relays in the panel would stop. i also
>> found
>> that when resting my hand on the bare aluminum radiator edge and
>> completing
>> the fan circut i'd feel a slight shock from ground. (I have over 7000
>> cranking amps worth of batterys). i musta had a short in that ground
>> wire.
>>
>> i could see the fuse blowing....but the horn really had me concerned.
>> i
>> thought a burnt my computer up.
>>
>> this morn i disconnected the trigger switch power taps from the in
>> cab fuse
>> panel and changed the blown fuses in the underhood panel this
>> morning. Ran a
>> new ground to the fan, retaped the cab fuse panel and it's all
>> working fine
>> now.
>>
>> thanks much for your time....
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:21 AM, John Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> well, just a start....maybe keep + disconnected from fuse box, remove
>> fuse
>>> panel as best ya can and look at
>>> bottom side to see if anything has melted or 'fused' together, if so
>>> replace
>>> panel...then you could backtrack and find out whats causing extra
>>> trbl.
>>> That's where I would start....but that's just me.
>>> I would especially look to see if one of the new connections might
>>> actually
>>> go to ground but is tagged backwards.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:41 PM, BOBBY <bocd@optonline.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Guys...
>>>>
>>>> I have an electrical problem
>>>>
>>>> I was doing some wiring of a new underhood fuse block with a coule
>>>> relays
>>>> for my elec fan and inverter...
>>>>
>>>> Everything was fine and when I went back to turn the key to on to
>>>> check
>>>> my
>>>> fan operation....everything was dead. I looked at my under hood
>>>> large
>>>> fuses
>>>> and found the 40 AMP ING SW (number 7) to be blown. I replaced it
>>>> and I
>>>> believe it blew again. I then moved 40 AMP ING SW STARTER (number
>>>> 8) to
>>>> the
>>>> number 7 spot on still no start. I believe you need both of those
>>>> fuses
>>>> to
>>>> start.
>>>>
>>>> The very odd thing is ........Now with number 7, 8 & 9 (ABS PUMP)
>>>> out, I
>>>> turned my ignition switch to the on position and on the way back to
>>>> off
>>>> the
>>>> horn beeped
>>>>
>>>> The switch was off and the horn continued to blow until I
>>>> disconnected
>>>> the
>>>> + wire that feeds the fuse box....... WTF
>>>>
>>>> Tomorrow I will replace all 3 fuses but what would cause the horn
>>>> to blow
>>>> continuois???
>>>>
>>>> This did happen with my 10 amp battery charger hooked up charging
>>>> my main
>>>> battery.
>>>>
>>>> I disconnected all my battery's in case of a short.....
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any idea's..... Jon?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>



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