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Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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My clock hasn't worked in 30 some odd years.
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Suprkoop,
Just to be safe I would take a VOM, put it in Ohms setting, and then (with the battery cables not connected of course) measure the resistance across the pos to negative cables. Make sure there is no low ohm measurement that would indicate a short prior to
hooking the battery back up. If there is a short, then you can trace it down by pulling fuses, etc. to see where the issue is. Might save you some trouble...
Just to be safe I would take a VOM, put it in Ohms setting, and then (with the battery cables not connected of course) measure the resistance across the pos to negative cables. Make sure there is no low ohm measurement that would indicate a short prior to
hooking the battery back up. If there is a short, then you can trace it down by pulling fuses, etc. to see where the issue is. Might save you some trouble...
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Sure it may be good for the catastrophic accident with a short, but I have had smoking wires from several cars over the years and it is always a small wire pulling too much current. A 16 gauge wire will burn way before the 150 amp fuse blows.
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Suprkoop,
Just to be safe I would take a VOM, put it in Ohms setting, and then (with the battery cables not connected of course) measure the resistance across the pos to negative cables. Make sure there is no low ohm measurement that would indicate a short prior to
hooking the battery back up. If there is a short, then you can trace it down by pulling fuses, etc. to see where the issue is. Might save you some trouble...
Just to be safe I would take a VOM, put it in Ohms setting, and then (with the battery cables not connected of course) measure the resistance across the pos to negative cables. Make sure there is no low ohm measurement that would indicate a short prior to
hooking the battery back up. If there is a short, then you can trace it down by pulling fuses, etc. to see where the issue is. Might save you some trouble...
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,, and circuit breakers too,,I must be doing something right,, electrical gremlins have stayed away from me ,,, I've burnt down cars for other reasons, but not wireing,,,
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. So with that being said, and with the issues you historically have with wiring , you will be running BOTH! ,, and circuit breakers too,,
I must be doing something right,, electrical gremlins have stayed away from me ,,, I've burnt down cars for other reasons, but not wireing,,,
,, and circuit breakers too,,I must be doing something right,, electrical gremlins have stayed away from me ,,, I've burnt down cars for other reasons, but not wireing,,,
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A fuse's job is to blow way BEFORE the wire melts- see chart below
There are dozens of post just on the C3 section where somebody connected the jumper cables with polarity reversed or battery cable reversed- the battery fuse would have saved several hour of replacing fusible links and/or smoked wires perhaps even a towing bill.
For LESS than $40- including a spare fuse - I can NOT see why you are not a fan- cheap insurance.
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I still remember the first time- my very first car- Triumph TR4- it had positive ground system and a negative ground radio did not work!!! Neither did those aftermarket horns- some good lessons!!!
Stuff happens- a $9 fuse is MUCH cheaper than your deductible!!
Richard
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HA-It's all good. I can't tell you the number of times I have accidentally swapped polarity... thank god most of the time smoke didn't come out!!! As I found the smoke is really hard to put back in.
I still remember the first time- my very first car- Triumph TR4- it had positive ground system and a negative ground radio did not work!!! Neither did those aftermarket horns- some good lessons!!!
Stuff happens- a $9 fuse is MUCH cheaper than your deductible!!
Richard
I still remember the first time- my very first car- Triumph TR4- it had positive ground system and a negative ground radio did not work!!! Neither did those aftermarket horns- some good lessons!!!
Stuff happens- a $9 fuse is MUCH cheaper than your deductible!!
Richard
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