Hi Bob, sounds like a definite short to ground somewhere. Best way is to
disconnect the battery and connect a lamp between the battery +ve and the
battery cable you have disconnected. With a short in the system this will
light the lamp. Start by disconnecting everything under the dash one at a
time and whatever puts the light out when you disconnect it is the source of
the short. Investigate this part of the circuit in detail to locate the
problem.
Kindest Regards
Tom
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Johnson" <bjsbj8 at gmail.com>
To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:37 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Chasing Electrical Short
>I have just refinished the wooden dash panel on my BJ8 and put everything
> back together again. According to the wiring diagram and the pics I took
> as
> I went along, everything is hooked up as before. Now I have a dead short
> somewhere and I can't find it. A few years back I added an inline fuse
> between the starter solenoid and the regulator (now just a buss since neg
> ground conversion.) Car was doing fine before project. Now the fuse blows
> when I turn the battery switch on. Not that it is revalent but hte fuse is
> a Buss 35A. Had my wife look as I turned the batt switch and she saw a
> flash in the fuse holder when I turned the switch. Sounds to me like a hot
> wire is going to ground, but I don't see it. Anyone have any ideas of what
> to do next? Is there a way to chase it with an ohmmeter?
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
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