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Re: [TR] Electrical wire Q

To: "'John Gillis'" <jgillis@tcd.ie>, "'Triumph List'"
Subject: Re: [TR] Electrical wire Q
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:11:26 -0700
> There is a short link cable from the same A terminal 
> on the lighting switch going to the ignition switch, this is 
> also brown/ blue, my question is does this cable need to be 
> the same thickness, rating as the one from the control box?.

No, the short link can be a smaller wire.  The NU from control box to
lighting switch carries the entire load of the car (save only for the horns
& OD) which can be roughly 20 amps, while the short link from light switch
to ignition switch only carries about 1/2 that much.

Randall
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