[Tigers] Horn Wiring

[steve wick]

According to the wiring diagram, you do have hot wires at the horns coming from the fuse. The other wire at the horns will only be hot when it's connected to the horns. That hot wire then goes to the horn switch/button. The other side of the horn switch is a ground, which completes the circuit. If you have power at the fuse side wire of the horns, and don't have power on the other terminal, your horns are probably bad. There should be continuity between the contacts.

Steve
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From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Robert Wanty <bobwanty at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2023 5:59 PM
To: tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Horn Wiring

I am working on wiring the horns for the first time since my 15 year restore. I am working with the original wiring harness and horns. Starting at the horns there is one on  each side with a jumper wire between the two horns, there are 2 purple wires leading to each horn, one wire on each side is hot  and wired to the fuse box the second wire is not hot or grounded. I installed a new horn ring from SS and have one wire from the contact on the horn ring and a second wire for the circle contact off the signal switch, I think the wire for the circle contact should be hot  but I don't seem to have a connector for it in the harness under the dash and nothing for the wire to the horn ring.
It would seem to me that I should have a hot wire to the ring contact then a hot to the horns when the horn ring is pressed. but the wiring harness does not seem to follow that way of thinking.
The wiring diagram is some help but as usual my limited knowledge on this will probably start a fire.
Any help would be appreciated, I would rather not rewire the circuits so hopefully I can restore the Lucas system.to<http://system.to> its original splendor.


Bob



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