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Neil8p

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20th Nov, 2008 at 12:08:54pm

Did a daft thing last night. *blush* I was feeding some wires through for a central ignition switch but forgot to disconnect the battery, so the live ignition feed caught the body, sparked and caught fire. The cover of the spade connector has melted and the wire (obviously) got very hot. There is no break in the wire, but is the wire likely to be damaged in any other way? Should I run a new wire to be on the safe side?

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Joe C

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Carlos Fandango

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20th Nov, 2008 at 12:11:38pm

yep replace it, chances are the insulation will go brittle and flake off meaning it will short again.

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20th Nov, 2008 at 01:50:16pm

Hi
Cooking a wire will increase it's resistance. That'll cause you no end of trouble, time for a new one :(
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Gavin :)

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20th Nov, 2008 at 02:23:05pm




On 20th Nov, 2008 mini13 said:
yep replace it, chances are the insulation will go brittle and flake off meaning it will short again.



yes i did this some time 18 months ago with my indicators , i just tested all the wires refitted the switches and off i went.... only now i during a rebuild i discover half my loom melted into one big blob*happy*

its a good job its been off the road 15 months without a battery because it could have got real bad*surprised*

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20th Nov, 2008 at 06:02:40pm

I had a lot of trouble with my old mini, the ignition switch kept melting, I finally unwrapped the loom and replaced all the chared wires! I never had a problem after that!

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