Last year while driving, I hit a substantial bump in the road. Then
my windshield wipers moved a couple of inches and ... SMOKE
from under the dash board.
Luckily I just happened to have a wrench next to the battery and
was able to disconnect it before major damage resulted. I did have
to replace a few wires to the wiper motor in my harness. I never
did find out the cause.
My question:
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What can I do to prevent that from happening again? It would have
been much better, I think, to have a fuse blow instead of a fire.
Have any of you added any electrical protection to your cars? I'd
like to know what you did.
Since then, I added a 10 fuse block instead of the 2 fuse stock one
but that is not enough. The lighting circuits are not safe. Has any
one installed fusible links. If so, how!
I want my car to be as safe as possible. Er ... well! Electrically
safe any way.
Bill Goebner - Woodside, California - STOA
wpgoebn@PacBell.com
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