VERY good point Lew!.
Safety 1st!
Have a Merry Xmas you all!
Cheers,
Hans @ Holland, where Christmas is starting now....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
To: "'Randy Widman'" <rwidman@woh.rr.com>; "'Rick Lindsay'"
<rolindsay@stoolhead.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:14 AM
Subject: RE: Electricity 101
> Randy,
>
> I offer this advice to ANYONE attempting to install new harnesses or trace
> electrical gremlins:
>
> Before you even start, disconnect or don't even install the battery. Then,
> after you think you have the harness hooked up, use a simple battery
charger
> in place of the battery. Use one that has a built-in circuit breaker and
> which will put out around 10 - 15 Amps (nothing more).
>
> Then if you DO have a short, the breaker on the charger will trip long
> before you do any damage. You will, of course, not be able to test the
> starter, but at that stage checking the starter should be last on your
list.
> Everything else will work fine and you'll be able to test without turning
> your harness into a pile of smoking carbon.
>
> Cheers,
> Lew Palmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Randy Widman
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:34 AM
> To: Rick Lindsay
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Electricity 101
>
> Rick,
>
> Since I bought my car the other year I have pulled out the old main wiring
> harness because it had partially melted behind the dash. What I'm trying
to
> figure out is what it was that must have shorted out to cause this. After
I
> get my car painted this winter I'll be installing a new main harness and
> would sure like to know how to look for & find what might have caused this
> shorting out so it doesn't happen again. Therefore the more I can learn
> about the electrical system on these cars the better.
>
> Thanks again,
> Randy Widman
> 79 Red B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@stoolhead.com>
> To: "Randy Widman" <rwidman@woh.rr.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Electricity 101
>
>
> > Thanks Randy. With our LBCs, it seems almost
> > natural to expand our understanding of one of the
> > most common British car failure modes!
> >
> > Rick
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