Re-wire anyone??
12-07-2007, 08:47 PM
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Brendan how about you get back to us AFTER you have yours DONE 
And yes I have wired a race car actually used circuit breakers instead of fuses had the switches starter button mounted beside the drivers seat ... ran crank triggered electromotive...all aftermarket gauges fun job !
And yes I have wired a race car actually used circuit breakers instead of fuses had the switches starter button mounted beside the drivers seat ... ran crank triggered electromotive...all aftermarket gauges fun job !
12-07-2007, 08:53 PM
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Brendan how about you get back to us AFTER you have yours DONE And yes I have wired a race car actually used circuit breakers instead of fuses had the switches starter button mounted beside the drivers seat ... ran crank triggered electromotive...all aftermarket gauges fun job !
And yes I have wired a race car actually used circuit breakers instead of fuses had the switches starter button mounted beside the drivers seat ... ran crank triggered electromotive...all aftermarket gauges fun job !
12-08-2007, 02:59 AM
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I second that. It does take the right mindset and reasonable ability, but you don't have to be a wizard, either. If you can decipher the schematics (they can look more intimidating than they really are) you're more than halfway there, IMO.
When I got into the working world with a large company, one of my assignments was to assist a test engineer who was wringing out a rather large electrical control system. There were 12 interconnected cabinets (each 72" X 36" X 90" high) full of electronic switching used to automate a beer bottling line. There were 250 pages of Size D drawings for the schematics. Every circuit on every page had to be traced and verified in the real world and functionally tested. After getting to know the engineer a bit, and feeling absolutely and overwhelmingly lost in the process, I asked him, "How on earth do you figure this out, and how do you know what to do?" His answer made quite an impact and I always (apparently) remembered it. He replied, "Well......I fugure if a man can design it, I ought to be able to figure out how it works."
I can't say his wisdom is 100% true (certainly not for me), but it's been advice that motivated me when I needed it.
Edit to add: Here's some motivation......https://rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/305146-79-fuseboard-follies.html
When I got into the working world with a large company, one of my assignments was to assist a test engineer who was wringing out a rather large electrical control system. There were 12 interconnected cabinets (each 72" X 36" X 90" high) full of electronic switching used to automate a beer bottling line. There were 250 pages of Size D drawings for the schematics. Every circuit on every page had to be traced and verified in the real world and functionally tested. After getting to know the engineer a bit, and feeling absolutely and overwhelmingly lost in the process, I asked him, "How on earth do you figure this out, and how do you know what to do?" His answer made quite an impact and I always (apparently) remembered it. He replied, "Well......I fugure if a man can design it, I ought to be able to figure out how it works."
I can't say his wisdom is 100% true (certainly not for me), but it's been advice that motivated me when I needed it.
Edit to add: Here's some motivation......https://rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/305146-79-fuseboard-follies.html
As I was cussing and mumbling so much, he said calmly: " Remember that this was designed by a man and it is no better than a man, and it can be fixed by a man. It is simply a man made machine." I calmed down and finished the build without further comment. It has been good advice and has served me well since then whenever I get impatient and bitter when things don't go together well.