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To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Electrical question
From: Tom Felts via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:44:12 -0400 (EDT)
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I went ahead and ran a new wire--used 16 gauge-------I did check the bullet 
connections to the old wire and they were good---I cannot understand why a wire 
would suddenly stop conveying current---but since I found nothing else---that 
must have been the problem.works like a charm now with the new wire.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net>, healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:03:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Electrical question

One time I  had the main ignition - coil wire fail in my BJ8 harness... much 
smoke was released and I was not able to put the smoke back in the wire.  
turned off the battery switch, disconnected it, then ran a separate main wire , 
turned switch back on and drove home...
!!
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 6:47 AM Michael Salter via Healeys 
<healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
Tom, it is very unusual for a wire to fail, as I'm sure you know.I would 
suspect the bullet connections on the dip switch cable where it joins the main 
harness.They are near the overdrive throttle switch as I recall.
M
On Tue., Oct. 26, 2021, 6:13 p.m. Tom Felts via Healeys, 
<healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
BJ8     had power from the blue HL sw wire to the dip switch--all WAS well.  
All of a sudden no power thru the hL sw blue wire to the dip sw.  HL switch is 
good.  Ran a wire directly from the HL switch to the dip sw-----have power--all 
works.
Ohms's reading seems quite a bit higher thru that original wire than a reg wire 
i used.  Guess it is possible that the resistance is so high that it won't 
allow voltage to pass??   Anyone who has tried to trace that wire will know it 
is impossible to see the full length since it is encased in wrap.
I'm down to disconnecting the original wire and running another power wire from 
the HL sw to the dip sw and moving on.  Of course that won't help me determine 
what caused it but I'll have lights. 
Anyone have any other ideas on cause?
Anyone know what gauge wire I should use?


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<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font=
-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>I went ahea=
d and ran a new wire--used 16 gauge-------I did check the bullet connection=
s to the old wire and they were good---I cannot understand why a wire would=
 suddenly stop conveying current---but since I found nothing else---that mu=
st have been the problem.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>wor=
ks like a charm now with the new wire.</div><div><br></div><div>----- Origi=
nal Message -----<br>From: Alan Seigrist &lt;healey.nut@gmail.com&gt;<br>To=
: Michael Salter &lt;michaelsalter@gmail.com&gt;<br>Cc: Tom Felts &lt;tomfe=
lts@windstream.net&gt;, healeys &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;<br>Sent: Wed=
, 27 Oct 2021 11:03:15 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Electrical que=
stion<br></div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">One time I&nbsp; had the mai=
n ignition - coil wire fail in my BJ8 harness... much smoke was released an=
d I was not able to put the smoke back in the wire.&nbsp; turned off the ba=
ttery switch, disconnected it, then ran a separate main wire , turned&nbsp;=
switch back on and drove home...<div><br></div><div>!!</div></div><div><br>=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On W=
ed, Oct 27, 2021 at 6:47 AM Michael Salter via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:healeys@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"mailto:healeys=
@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px=
 solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;" data-mce-style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0=
.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"auto"=
>Tom, it is very unusual for a wire to fail, as I'm sure you know.<div dir=
=3D"auto">I would suspect the bullet connections on the dip switch cable wh=
ere it joins the main harness.</div><div dir=3D"auto">They are near the ove=
rdrive throttle switch as I recall.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto">M</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl=
ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue., Oct. 26, 2021, 6:13 p.m. Tom Felts via Healeys,=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D=
"_blank" data-mce-href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team=
.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"=
 data-mce-style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ccccc=
c; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>BJ8&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;had power from the =
blue HL sw wire to the dip switch--all WAS well.&nbsp; All of a sudden no p=
ower thru the hL sw blue wire to the dip sw.&nbsp; HL switch is good.&nbsp;=
 Ran a wire directly from the HL switch to the dip sw-----have power--all w=
orks.</div><div><br></div><div>Ohms's reading seems quite a bit higher thru=
 that original wire than a reg wire i used.&nbsp; Guess it is possible that=
 the resistance is so high that it won't allow voltage to pass??&nbsp; &nbs=
p;Anyone who has tried to trace that wire will know it is impossible to see=
 the full length since it is encased in wrap.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm =
down to disconnecting the original wire and running another power wire from=
 the HL sw to the dip sw and moving on.&nbsp; Of course that won't help me =
determine what caused it but I'll have lights.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Anyone have any other ideas on cause?</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone kn=
ow what gauge wire I should use?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b=
r></div><div>Thanks</div><div>tom</div></div>______________________________=
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