Re: wiring up a horn


"mrcheerful ." <nbkm57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales" <julianhales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > Ey up
> >
> > My wiring is bad, from previous owner. It always blew the fuse as did
the
> > cig light if you used it.
> >
> > MOT is due next week, now the horn would hav been in the middle of the
> > sterring wheel but thats a no no now.
> >
> > I usually just put on a quick switch so the tester presses it and hears
it
> > but it always melts the whole swich after 3 seconds.
> >
> > I need to wire up a horn to a switch on the dash, can someone tell me
what
> > gauge wire and what switch to get, i actually want a horn that will
last!!
> >
> > thanks
>
> you need to get a relay, then the switch on the dash only earths a very
> small current, the relay gives a big current to the horn
>
> mrcheerful

thanks, will hunt around for the bits!


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