Re: wiring up a horn


"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


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