I hope it's a fuse

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Re: I hope it's a fuse

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Major Softie wrote:Hurray! We just love hearing of a SIMPLE positive conclusion to a problem.
Cheap too ! (my favorite) :mrgreen:
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

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I love endings like this. Any idea what may have caused the fuse to pop, Boocephus?

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Re: I hope it's a fuse

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I think i remember changing that one in like 1992. :)

The horn quit working on my bike, so I decided it would be cool to have a car horn. I took the one out of my pickup truck and bolted it on. After i wired it up, I pushed the key in and the horn started blasting without me pushing the button. Then, it stopped. That was why I had a bag of fuses in my garage. Bought a VW bus horn at Nationwise and that worked much better. Although I'm due for a replacement.
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

Post by Jean »

If you didn't put a relay in the horn circuit when you changed the horn...that was the problem.
New horn + too much current!!
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

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As I recall, it was too much horn, too.
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

Post by Jean »

I dunno about THAT.
We had a nice discussion about twin FIAMMs a few weeks back.
Makes cage-operators notice you before they make you into hamburger.
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

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boocephus wrote:As I recall, it was too much horn, too.
Jean wrote:I dunno about THAT.
We had a nice discussion about twin FIAMMs a few weeks back.
Makes cage-operators notice you before they make you into hamburger.
If you noticed, he also said this:
boocephus wrote:After i wired it up, I pushed the key in and the horn started blasting without me pushing the button.
I believe that was his definition of "too much horn," and I can't argue with him there. :lol:
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Re: I hope it's a fuse

Post by Jean »

True...but he took it off and replaced it with a VW horn and the fuses last longer! (?)
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