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1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Electrical meltdown
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Wed, 17 September 2003 12:08
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Finally got to try to start the Crown the other day, charged battery and reconnected and within seconds major amounts of smoke start pouring out of the engine bay. End result, wire from charging post of alternator to starter motor (because the batt's in the boot) and the wore from same to inside the car (ign switch I think) is melted to nothing. Realised I disconnected the neg and left the + connected while charging (charger polarity was correct) Had the alternator checked and is fine and dandy.
Questions, what caused this? Is it likely to reoccur after replacing the wires and reconecting the batt? Car was runnning for approx 6mths before being left for 3 mths. The battery seems to be fine (fully charged) but hasn't been professionaly tested.
Car is MS55 Crown Deluxe with 5mge (the low blue one).
Justin
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Electrical meltdown
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Wed, 17 September 2003 13:32
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you must have a serious short somewhere? if you've smoked those two large wires, then something was pulling a serious amount of un-fused current thru them?
might pay to get (or quickly make up) a continuity tester and check that the important circuits are still functioning.
and get out a multimeter and chck that none of your 12V rails (e.g .ign power, accessories, start, etc) are showing zero ohms to earth?
oh, check your earths too (from the battery outwards) - as they're the most common form of electrical fault.
Charles.
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