[Healeys] wiring harness

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Mike- I noticed a 50A (non Lucas) fuse sitting in the lower position
of the fuse box. Hope when you finish the wiring that a 35A Lucas or a
15A Buss goes in there. The 50A should go on the battery clips above
and if not Lucas Brand then use a 25A Buss fuse. British fuses,
labeled as such, are 1/2 of the Amp value we use in the US. If you
substitute them with American fuses of equal value they will never
blow when needed. Just an observation toward safety...Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael MacLean" 
To: "Healeys"
Cc: 
Sent: Monday January 18 2021 11:48:30PM
Subject: [Healeys] Late Monday night rant.

  Was in the engine bay doing some preliminary wiring of components
tonight. Specifically, the fuse block and the voltage regulator.
Looking at a wiring diagram, the way you see in the two pictures is
mostly correct, but look at what the arrows are pointing at. At the
point in the harness where the wires come out of the loom for the fuse
block, you can see on the right hand side the arrow is pointing to a
brown wire with a green stripe. Good so far. Now look what the arrow
is pointing at on the other side of the fuse block. It's a large solid
brown wire. Now in the wiring diagram this brown wire is supposed to
be a continuation of the brown with a green stripe wire. That brown
wire with the green strip that was supposed to be there goes to the
"A" connection of the voltage regulator. Now look at the picture of
the voltage regulator and notice what the orange arrow is pointing at.
It is the other end of the plain, large brown wire! The electrical
connections are correct. The color coding of the harness is not. I
have just started wiring. What else might I find in the rest of the
harness? This harness was a gift from my late friend Tom Rocke. It was
one of many free parts he supplied for this rebuild. Don't know if I
should complain about a free harness. Mike MacLean

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