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[bigjohnthomas]

Steady on, this is Lincolnshire the land of the turnip fields and folk with funny shaped heads
Things happen very slowly round here

[bigjohnthomas]

[loot]

Ooh brown

Ohh fancy reed relay (although it looks like witch craft to me, it'll never catch on), hey indulge me would you pls, I've had a thought, can you wire just the relay up first because I'm wondering if it switches faster than my shitty standard ford 1, it is possible that it may switch in time to operate the mirrors.

Be cool if it does, would save adding the other bits and help others

I never considered that i just took what i had available and shoved it in there

[bigjohnthomas]

I'll have a go it looks a bit lady like to me at 1amp but if its only a pulse it may not melt
Operate time is purdy quick
1ms max including bounce time
I need to get permission to remove the door panel first

[loot]

Just say a clagnut was on your knuckle and you panicked and shook it off and it went down the back of the door panel

[ned]

I have a conundrum that you pair of electrical wiz kids might be able to solve for me,

Right so on me car there is two fuses 1 for right hand side lights and 1 for left hand side lights, now if I put a fuse in for the left had side lights it blows instantly * but if I put a wire in where the fuse goes and run it to a switch with an inline fuse it doesn't blow the fuse. Any ideas why it does or doesn't if that makes sense

* it only blows the fuse when the lights at switched when the fuse is in the fuse box

Many thank N

[loot]

Not a clue

I can only guess at a short in the fuse bit, have you looked behind it?, also if you bridge it and have a fuse further down the 'spur off' have you waited to see if the bridge gets hot?

Should just be, bussbar to fuse then from the fuse to the output (sidelight) then to ground.
You could have a short anywhere from the fuse to the earth.

Also possible that you may have a splice after the fuse somewhere so something else could be messing it up.

You need a wiring diagram to show the way Ned.
Have you got tis disk?

[loot]

I'll have a go it looks a bit lady like to me at 1amp but if its only a pulse it may not melt
Operate time is purdy quick
1ms max including bounce time
I need to get permission to remove the door panel first

Have you done it yet?

[ned]

What's a tis disc? The problem all started when the boot loom melted (new loom soldered in) think I might pull the fuse box out I just couldn't understand why it doesn't blow the fuse on the wire, its a basic wire from one fuse pin to a fuse (same amp as it should be) to a switch and back to the other fuse pin, but blows the fuse when put direct in the fuse box, ah well just another job on the to do list N

[loot]

Tis disk
It is etis before it went online 2004, it covers mk6 diagrams etc like Haynes but i guess the right version ford.

[ned]

Tis disk
It is etis before it went online 2004, it covers mk6 diagrams etc like Haynes but i guess the right version ford.

Ah erm its my beloved car that's at fault not that evil thing ford built I just couldn't get my head around it blowing one fuse and not the other, I could understand it blowing both methods I mentioned, bloody electric's, not to worry got bigger fish to fry like how to get to creweski for 8am on sat to pick up a merc Vito 9 seater thingy don't tell anyone about that N

[loot]

Tis disk
It is etis before it went online 2004, it covers mk6 diagrams etc like Haynes but i guess the right version ford.

Ah erm its my beloved car that's at fault not that evil thing ford built I just couldn't get my head around it blowing one fuse and not the other, I could understand it blowing both methods I mentioned, bloody electric's, not to worry got bigger fish to fry like how to get to creweski for 8am on sat to pick up a merc Vito 9 seater thingy don't tell anyone about that N

Ah right lol i missed that bit

I can only think of a short at the fuse connector.
Maybe the switch and extra wire is protecting the fuse from a spike?

One can only guess, is it the correct amperage fuse? Guessing yes since it'll match the other side. You could feed a single wire to the sidelight bulb from the fuse.

Is the fuse just for the 1 sidelight only? I had to link a Sierra sidelight from left to right once

[ned]

No the faulty one does left side front n rear side lights, no plate lights and dash lights where the other one (the good one) does right front n rear side lights and something else that I cant remember.

The extra wire protection from spike makes sense I dinny think of that bloody nazi wiring, I'll have a play with it this weekend when I get back from your country and make it 10x worse N

[bigjohnthomas]

I'll have a go it looks a bit lady like to me at 1amp but if its only a pulse it may not melt
Operate time is purdy quick
1ms max including bounce time
I need to get permission to remove the door panel first

Have you done it yet?

Not yet been v busy, trying to get a gay dog to have a shag most unpleasant
Can't touch it till I have mended the mk7 either apparently
Thats Just an egr and a new reversing camera and an mot so far
And they are coming back with the bitch Saturday
So this may take some time

[bigjohnthomas]

i may have
but i cant think what