| Subject: Re: 1978 BB W/L ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS |
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Joshua
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Date Posted: 02/ 4/ 07, 9:19pm
In reply to:
Steve Anderson
's message, "Re: 1978 BB W/L ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS" on 02/ 3/ 07, 11:51pm
Hey guys,
Not sure if this is a recuring problem with 78's, but my 78 had problems as well. First thing, I found that there were shorts somewhere within the bird. In examining the batteries, I found two wires added to the hookups after buying it. This was a big red flag to me, so I disconnected them and it seems to have alleviated the problems. I haven't traced it out to see what the previous owner 'added' yet though.
Does it drain the battery even if the battery disconnect switch is in the off position? IF so, disconnect your batteries when you aren't working on it! Something is grounding out and could ultimately cause a fire! If a breaker is popping, and you can hear it, open up the front panel and figure out what's going on. Find the circuit that's tripping and trace it down. It's more then likely that there is a wire that has come loose and is grounding out to the body somewhere. It could be a number of things, but is most likely a wire that has come loose and is touching metal or a wire that is missing some of it's cladding, whether it be burned through or cracked off due to age, and is again touching metal and grounding out.
If you can't trace it or don't have the abilities to do it, you might want to just disconnect the connections that are popping the breaker. This will disable whatever is connected, but will also keep it from shorting out and draining your batteries.
If you are going to drive it to a repair shop, I'd at least track down which breaker is popping and disconnect it. If the breaker keeps popping and resetting, it means that whatever is causing the problem is still grounding out and as stated before could start a fire if that wire starts to burn up.
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