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1509 Number: 1508 From: Marquis Grove <infosyssec@y...> Date: Tue Oct 15, 2002 9:24 pm Subject: 86 Air Horn Pics show a potential fire hazzard ?
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Permit me to offer a suggestion - for purposes of preventing future electrical fires or electrical shorts. In your picture at :
It would appear that your HOT wire coming in from the fender to the air horn is in contact with the metal edge of the fender opening. In the picture it is beneath the air tube ( which I would assume is also exerting a little pressure and helping to sandwich the red wire against the edge of the fender opening.
Over time I can easily imagine the red plastic coating on the wire being worn through, finally exposing the bare wire to the metal fender.
It's not like this is an 'always live' wire - indeed it only is 'live' when you are honking the horn. But it would be a real bummer to find out that is has shorted when in an emergency you go to hit the horn to warn a bad driver or some kid running on to the street. At the least it would result in your air horn not working when you need it most - at the worst it could overheat due to the short and start something on fire.
Permit me to suggest that you take a nice six inch length of rubber fuel line, slit it and then place it over the wire at the point where the thicker rubber can provide a safe buffer against the fender edge.
Just my two cents worth ;)
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