[T3] "Hot" wire grounded

Sean Bartnik sjbartnik at mac.com
Sat Jan 23 12:23:25 PST 2016


It should just blow the fuse. If a hot wire contacts a ground that's a dead short and should blow the fuse pretty much instantly. 

On my '65 the clock power lead and the horn are on the same fuse. Dome light too I think. 

Check fuses, report back

-Sean

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Can a  "hot" wire ...
> E.g. an "unattached" spade connector/12V wire, which is supposed to
> power the intermittent winding of the clock mechanism,
> ... have an adverse affect, if it contacts a frame ground?
> 
> Might it affect the operation of the ignition system? "Brain"?
> Dizzy? Trigger? Injectors? Spark plugs?
> 
> Or would the "grounded" spade connector under the dash, simply blow fuse
> #11, in the fuse block?
> 
> BTW.  My horn also ceased to work.  Coincidence?
> I know the horn "sounds" when I supply 12V directly from the fuse block to
> the horn connector and ground it.
> -
>> 
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Squareback, FI, MT, One-owner
> Rockport, TX (winter)
> Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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