General electrical question......
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General electrical question......
I know just about enough about electricity to usuall knock the hell out of myself. Having said that, here is my question:
One of my other vehicles has two horns (hi/lo). There is one positive wire that splits just before the horns and feeds both. There is a ground wire from each horn the joins a splice point in the wiring and goes to a common ground. My horn fuse would blow everytime I pushed the horn on the steering wheel. I unplugged the "HI" horn, and now the "LO" works ok and the fuse does not blow. To me that would indicate that the "HI" horn has a short and that the wiring is ok. Is that true, or am I screwed up as usual.............
THanks,
Klaus Dieter Cook
Houston, Texas
One of my other vehicles has two horns (hi/lo). There is one positive wire that splits just before the horns and feeds both. There is a ground wire from each horn the joins a splice point in the wiring and goes to a common ground. My horn fuse would blow everytime I pushed the horn on the steering wheel. I unplugged the "HI" horn, and now the "LO" works ok and the fuse does not blow. To me that would indicate that the "HI" horn has a short and that the wiring is ok. Is that true, or am I screwed up as usual.............
THanks,
Klaus Dieter Cook
Houston, Texas
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Get an ohm meter and measure the resistance between the positive terminals and ground on both horns. They should be the same, and above 0. If they both are, it means the fuse is too small. Otherwise, replace the one with the short to ground.
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I assumed that the fuse was the correct one. Don't go above what the circuit is rated at. If you don't have an ohm meter, you could plug in the hi and disconnect the low and see if it blows.
If it blows then you have found your short. If not, then it is the combined load of the two horns (not as likely). Odds are that you have a bad Hi horn.
If it blows then you have found your short. If not, then it is the combined load of the two horns (not as likely). Odds are that you have a bad Hi horn.
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musical horns
So musically-speaking, you have a Major Third interval between the two horns. If you added a third horn in the note of C, (DO), then you would have a Perfect Triad.
You can get a set of HELLA horns at O'Reilly's Auto Parts, they are also a Major Third interval.
Jose
You can get a set of HELLA horns at O'Reilly's Auto Parts, they are also a Major Third interval.
Jose
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