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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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Default Saph Electrical Issues

My car is repeatedly blowing the fuse for the indicators / reversing lights. I've checked things out a bit tonight and discovered that the earth on the O/S rear light panel is poor compared with the N/S.

There is also a bit of interaction going on between the various lamps.

I know interaction is a classic sign of poor earthing, but is it likely to cause the fuse blows too?

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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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yes!
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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How though? Poor (high) earth impedance = lower current surely?
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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not you too !!Ste is having probs with his shed too lol,bet he wished it was fuses oops
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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Yeah? What's up with his? Which one as well?
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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escoss, and missfire ,sure he will reply later
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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clive spoke to neil on msn, no fooker seems to know anything about poxy small turbo's even me lol
give neil some pointers tho..

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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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take the rear lightbulb holders out.give the pcb ends a rub over with a bit of wet & dry see if that works and a squirt of wd40 quick fix into the plastic connection to the pcb board ..may work
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