Fuse for ignition?

[sundance002]

Driving home all ok, next min no eletrical power and car dies, with jump start still nothing no ignition no lights, so im thinking fuse but cant find it?,
Anyone help cheers


No worries found it

Edited by sundance002 on Saturday 2nd August 17:08

[sundance002]

Fuse is good, any ideas ?

[Metalman]

I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago, it was the main fuse holder that had melted so the fuse was still intact.

[sundance002]

Metalman said:

I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago, it was the main fuse holder that had melted so the fuse was still intact.

All my engine bulkhead fuses and ecu have been moved inside my car behind drivers seat so unless something has shorted, and it looks fine im stumped

[Alpinestars]

Have you checked the one by the battery? That will disable everything!

[Metalman]

sundance002 said:

All my engine bulkhead fuses and ecu have been moved inside my car behind drivers seat so unless something has shorted, and it looks fine im stumped

Best thing is to start at the battery with a 12v test lead and work your way along until you find the break, I think the cable goes to the 80a fuse first then to the 40a fuses under the dash. There is a wiring diagram in the build manual if you need it.

[sundance002]

Alpinestars said:

Have you checked the one by the battery? That will disable everything!

No I havent, eill have a look for it thanks.

[sundance002]

Metalman said:

Best thing is to start at the battery with a 12v test lead and work your way along until you find the break, I think the cable goes to the 80a fuse first then to the 40a fuses under the dash. There is a wiring diagram in the build manual if you need it.

Think thats what i will have to do, my mechanic in Spain has gone to the uk for a month so going to have to trouble shoot it myself

[Metalman]

sundance002 said:

Think thats what i will have to do, my mechanic in Spain has gone to the uk for a month so going to have to trouble shoot it myself

It's easy, I use one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-circuit-tester-6-12...
for quick fault diagnosis on the wiring loom, clamp onto a good earth and touch the live wire with the pointed end and the bulb will light up if you have power. Simples. Keep going along the loom until you get to a point where you have no power and hopefully you'll find a break/melted wire/blown fuse etc.

[sundance002]

Metalman said:

It's easy, I use one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-circuit-tester-6-12...
for quick fault diagnosis on the wiring loom, clamp onto a good earth and touch the live wire with the pointed end and the bulb will light up if you have power. Simples. Keep going along the loom until you get to a point where you have no power and hopefully you'll find a break/melted wire/blown fuse etc.

Thanks Jason some good advice,
Martin from Bespoke kindly picked his phone up on a Sunday and found out where my big fuse was located inside my car, well found it the big chubky 80amp fuse and its blown, Spain all is closed on sunday, eill get one tom.

Thanks for the help

[sundance002]

Alpinestars said:

Have you checked the one by the battery? That will disable everything!

Thanks, it was that fuse, it had been put inside with otheres, was in a black cover so never noticed it.

[Zoobeef]

You have to wonder why it blew though. That fuse goes to the front maxi fuse, the alternator and the starter relay. There may be a short in one of those wires that's blown the fuse.
You'll find out if it blows again though.

[Metalman]

sundance002 said:

Thanks Jason some good advice,
Martin from Bespoke kindly picked his phone up on a Sunday and found out where my big fuse was located inside my car, well found it the big chubky 80amp fuse and its blown, Spain all is closed on sunday, eill get one tom.

Thanks for the help

No probs, so it was the main fuse then, glad you found it. As zoobeef has said there must be a reason for it to blow and probably a dead short to blow the 80a. On my first noble the wire broke off the alternator and hit the chassis causing it to blow, that was half way round Silverstone!

[sundance002]

Zoobeef said:

You have to wonder why it blew though. That fuse goes to the front maxi fuse, the alternator and the starter relay. There may be a short in one of those wires that's blown the fuse.
You'll find out if it blows again though.

Have been thinking about that, and im wondering if when i was throwing the leads across to reach the car one landed on the other amd may of caused the fuse to blow, strange though it went while was driving, also the car just came out from paint shop complete re spray and bat was flat, nothing. And used a booster so maybe that, anyway now the bat is dead and wont hold any charge, after 6hours on trickle charge was still on zero, so new fuse new bat and take it from there

[sundance002]

Good news, put the fuse in and jump started no problem, also turned out that the trickle charger i just bought wasnt working, changed for a new one and hey presto chargimg, so all good, and thanks for replies

[Chapppers]

It's the fuse for ignition
Time for an electrician
It's that glass fibre body
got every man in here wishin'
It's a sweet turbo lump
I'm like so what it dumps
It's the freakin weekend baby
I'm about to have me some fun

[Alpinestars]

sundance002 said:

Thanks, it was that fuse, it had been put inside with otheres, was in a black cover so never noticed it.

Glad you sorted it. It's a good way if immobilising the car.

[sundance002]

After all that the bat is now cream crackered, so decided to do it myself, all done, what a performance, not foing thst again took me 4 hours lol