<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">David--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I have never understood this approach though I know it is what you, your Dad and some others espouse.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Here's my issue:  If a short-circuit/overload should occur with no sacrificial fuse isn't it likely that the wiring will be destroyed with insulation melted at the point of the short, requiring replacement of the wire?  If so, how is one worse off with a fuse protecting the circuit--in either case there will be no lights but with a fuse it is possible one might find the cause of the problem and cure it while on the road with no need to later pull new wires, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 2:40 PM David Nock via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">DO NOT FUSE THE BLUE HEADLIGHT WIRE.<div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>Why because if you are driving at night and suddenly loose your lights due to a faulty fuse for what ever reason. You will not be able to see and then you never know what may happen.</div><div><br></div><div>David Nock</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 19, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Henry G Leach via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div>There is no fuse protection to the rear of the car and also the headlights.  Suggest you add a 20A inline fuse to the red wire coming to the rear just at the left side junction of the tail lamp harness to protect both tail and licence lights in the event of a rear end collision.  A short will burn the harness down all the way to the firewall.  Also fuse the blue wire at the headlight switch for the same reason. The fuse box only covers the horns, battery (50A) and key on items (35A). If you use US made fuses cut them by 1/2 - 25 and 17 amp Buss fuses<div><br></div><div>Note also that the BN2 has only one overdrive relay (no govener). Hank, <a href="http://healeyhelper.com" target="_blank">healeyhelper.com</a><br><br><div></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Michael Salter via Healeys" <u></u><br>To: "<a href="http://Team.net" target="_blank">Team.net</a>"<br>Cc: "Ahealey help", "Michael Lempert"<br>Sent: Saturday July 18 2020 2:17:15PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 Wiring Begins<br><br><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Put a fuse in the power circuit from the battery before you turn anything on.  Better to blow a fuse than burn up the wiring.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b><u><i>Absolutely</i></u></b> </span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat., Jul. 18, 2020, 4:30 p.m. <a href="http://Team.net" target="_blank">Team.net</a> via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Put a fuse in the power circuit from the battery before you turn anything on.  Better to blow a fuse than burn up the wiring.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 18, 2020, at 2:45 PM, Michael Lempert via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> As some of you may remember, I am trying to get as much done in the engine</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> bay of my BN2 as possible before I try dropping the engine in the car.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> Last night i finished mounting the insulating panels on the outside of the</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> driver's footwell.  This weekend I would like to start to install the part</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> of the wiring harness that passes through the firewall and whatever sub</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> harnesses go in the engine bay.  In the past I installed a new harness in</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> my Bugeye during that restoration without much trouble.  That is a much</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> simpler harness though.  The harness for the BN2 has a lot more going on</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> under the bonnet.  I can see the general physical routing of the main</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> harness in some of the many pictures I have gathered over the years.  It is</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> a little intimidating when there are points in the harness when multiple</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> wires of the same color exit the loom at a single point.  One spot has four</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> white wires, two smaller gauge than the other two, and one brown wire.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> Another has four green wires and one brown wire coming out of the loom a</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> couple inches from the bunch of white wires.  I can see what component</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> these wires go to by the routing of the loom, but how to know which wire of</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> the same color goes to which connection on that component.  Any suggestions</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> before I pull out what hair I have left?</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">> Mike MacLean</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Michael:  If you’re working from a BN1 wiring diagram, be aware that there was but one difference with the BN2. The flasher indicator in the dash instrument panel is wired differently. Best to check that you have the correct indicator first.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mike Lempert</span></span></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Support<span> </span></span><a href="http://team.net/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;f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