[Healeys] Electrical question

[Tom Felts]

I went ahead and ran a new wire--used 16 gauge-------I did check the bullet connections to the old wire and they were good---I cannot understand why a wire would suddenly stop conveying current---but since I found nothing else---that must have been the problem.works like a charm now with the new wire.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net>, healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:03:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Electrical question

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...
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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?


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