[AT] A question for the electrical wizards

[John Wilkens]

Good advice indeed!  I'll be applying your suggestions in the 
morning.   Incidently, we have our first snow tonight--about 3" in 
the driveway.  Time to hook up the Lorenz.       Thanks.



At 09:14 PM 10/27/2009, you wrote:
>Best bet is to run a ground wire to each of the devices.
>
>They originally depended on metal to metal contact via
>the screws + bolts holding it together to provide the ground.
>Once these + the surrounding metal corrode, no juice gets thru.
>
>Some years ago I hard wired grounds to the lights on my hauling trailer,
>made a huge difference.
>
>Easiest way is to get a crimper kit with connectors at an auto parts place.
>Connectors have color coded sleeves to show what size wire
>they are made for.
>
>On a tractor note, guess how much fiddling and point cleaning I did
>on my 8N last week, before I put a meter across the dead key switch.
>
>Dave Merchant
>
>
>At 11:36 PM 10/27/2009, Gene Waugh wrote:
> >I cannot help you find the problem, but from what I have seen, check
> >GROUND, GROUND, GROUND.  I know just enough to know that this low
> >voltage dc stuff can do some really weird things under the right conditions!
> >
> >Gene
> >Elgin, Illinois USA
> >
> >Rupert wrote:
> > > Hello John,
> > >       Sounds to me like you have a corroded connection somewhere. Check
> > the
> > > firewall connector where the wires go through the firewall very
> > > carefully. Corrosion in the firewall cluster is a common problem in damp
> > > climates.
> > >
> > > Rupert
> > >
> > > John Wilkens wrote:
> > >
> > >> This is partly on topic because it involves my mostly dependable '78
> > >> Ford trailer-pulling pickup........  I need some ideas about what
> > >> could be causing some odd problems with it----namely, my dash lights
> > >> are very dim, the light in the tach quit all together, the rear turn
> > >> signals work but one front signal is dim and slow, and the other one
> > >> is dead.  Other stuff seems normal.  Someone suggested I had a ground
> > >> problem but what exactly does that mean, and how do I find/fix
> > >> it?  Hey, any ideas for me?....please!      John W.
> > >>
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