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Re: Weird horn

To: tallen <tallen@csc.sctboces.org>, Don Mathis <donmathis@lucent.com>
Subject: Re: Weird horn
From: Carol <car@texas.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 13:08:57 -0500
At 12:14 PM 9/9/97 -0400, tallen wrote:

>I don't think your battery is well charged.  I just went through this and
>posted what I think are some odd things like this.  It's hard to believe
>the horn draws more current than the starter, but apparently it does.  My
>solution was a good 5 hours on the charger.

Sounds like a lot of trouble to go to just to honk the horn. Why not just
start the car and then honk?

Carol    ;-)


>> I noticed that the horn in my MGA seems to work well while the motor is
>> running.  If the motor is not running but the ignition is turned on, the
>> horn relay seems to click but the horn does not sound.  The needle on the
>> gas gauge jumps but no horn.  Why is that?  (The battery seems to be well
>> charged)
>> 
>> Thanks-
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Don Mathis,Ph.D.
>> donmathis@lucent.com
>> '61 MGA 
>> '37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
>> 
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