0024 The Electrics get sorted
23rd July 2020
And I go for a ride in a sidecar !
Things continue to move slowly, which I am finding very frustrating. The
carbs are still under repair, but last Monday one major advancement
occurred - Phil Palmer from Shed 13 Kustom Electrics came round and
helped me sort out the electics. He still left me plenty to do, but atleast he found why the fuses kept blowing. It
took Phil a while to go through the mess of wiring that is currently in
place, and after chasing a few red herrings, he said "There is a short
in the front right hand indicator". I couldn't believe this - I had
taken great care with the wiring down in the lights, and if the LH unit
was working, why wasn't the RH one ? Anyway, I took the indicator apart
- And guess what ? I had
mixed up the two wires and put them on the wrong pins !! Whoopsadaisy ! I just swapped over the
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mixed up the two wires and put them on the wrong pins !! Whoopsadaisy ! I just swapped over the
two wires,
and bingo, indicators work, 4-way flashers work, and no fuse blown !!
After making a few more changes that I need for wiring in a tacho
instead of a clock, and a couple of other items, Phil left me to tidy up
my mess !!
