[Healeys] Electrical question

[Alan Seigrist]

One time I  had the main ignition - coil wire fail in my BJ8 harness...
much smoke was released and I was not able to put the smoke back in the
wire.  turned off the battery switch, disconnected it, then ran a separate
main wire , turned switch back on and drove home...

!!

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 6:47 AM Michael Salter via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Tom, it is very unusual for a wire to fail, as I'm sure you know.
> I would suspect the bullet connections on the dip switch cable where it
> joins the main harness.
> They are near the overdrive throttle switch as I recall.
>
> M
>
> On Tue., Oct. 26, 2021, 6:13 p.m. Tom Felts via Healeys, <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> BJ8     had power from the blue HL sw wire to the dip switch--all WAS
>> well.  All of a sudden no power thru the hL sw blue wire to the dip sw.  HL
>> switch is good.  Ran a wire directly from the HL switch to the dip
>> sw-----have power--all works.
>>
>> Ohms's reading seems quite a bit higher thru that original wire than a
>> reg wire i used.  Guess it is possible that the resistance is so high that
>> it won't allow voltage to pass??   Anyone who has tried to trace that wire
>> will know it is impossible to see the full length since it is encased in
>> wrap.
>>
>> I'm down to disconnecting the original wire and running another power
>> wire from the HL sw to the dip sw and moving on.  Of course that won't help
>> me determine what caused it but I'll have lights.
>>
>> Anyone have any other ideas on cause?
>>
>> Anyone know what gauge wire I should use?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> tom
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