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Big Red Van: Conversion project diary

Friday, September 23, 2005

Whoops! Blam!

Wired the power relay in backwards and routed the alternator output to earth! Disaster - nearly. Luckily the devilish cunning chaps at Mazda anticipated this boo-boo and all I lost were a couple of fuses - I could have fried the alternator. Some panic and a couple of fuses later and all was well again, though I have cooked the power relay. I'll get a fresh one.

Lesson: Double-check your connections, and stick a small fuse in near to the relay when wiring it. I've added a 5A inline blade fuse.

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