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- From: andyh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Andrew J. Huang)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Add new Horn/Toyota truck
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.200120.11856@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 20:01:20 GMT
- References: <lfu2kbINNlpn@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> <1992Nov10.173627.7048@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- >In article <lfu2kbINNlpn@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, keith@badseed.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith) writes:
- >>
- > Hey Folks,
- >
- > I've been getting really fed up with the horn in my truck which makes the
- > standard(please, you're anoying me) sound. So, I decided to replace it with
- > a non-obnoxious but louder horn. So I take out the old one, and just to test
- > it out I put a piece of wire in each of the plugs for the old horn and attatch
- > them to the new horn(temp test). I hit the horn and everything sounds ok. So,
- > I go about wiring the thing in, and when I hook up the final wire, it gives a
- > spark and a little pop. I blew the fuse. So, I replaced the fuse and tried
- > again. Blew it again. So, not remembering much from that one class in EE
- > from colledge, I gave up. Could someone help me out here. How should I
- > wire this thing in?
-
- Most likely the original horn has both terminals isolated from the
- housing whereas the new horn has one terminal connected to ground.
- Swap wires.
-
- -andy
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