Starfire Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 My Saracen is currently having problems with the electrics; When attempting to turn the headlights on, the 30A breaker is tripping. This seems to be happening when I move the light switch at all, even a little bit, which would be switching on the side and tail lights only. I suspect that the switch panel may be shorting internally, but the vehicle has been repainted in the not too distant past, which involved removing all of the external lights and wings, so there could be a short in one of those. Can anyone give any suggestions? How hard is it to rebuild the switch panel, or find a replacement? Cheers, Terry Quote
Starfire Posted September 22, 2017 Author Posted September 22, 2017 The panel appears to be a No 1. Mk 6, so that has a position for tail lights only, which also blows, so that kinda narrows it down, I guess. Quote
andym Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 Just a thought - was the trailer socket disturbed as part of the repainting? Andy Quote
Richard Farrant Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 Terry, I recollect one of my customers having a problem with one of those switchboards on a Saracen when I think a screw came loose inside. might be worth going to the tail lights for starters and isolating the feed wires and see if it is still tripping. Quote
Starfire Posted September 23, 2017 Author Posted September 23, 2017 Just a thought - was the trailer socket disturbed as part of the repainting? Andy I think they left that in place, but I'm not sure. Quote
Starfire Posted September 23, 2017 Author Posted September 23, 2017 Terry,I recollect one of my customers having a problem with one of those switchboards on a Saracen when I think a screw came loose inside. might be worth going to the tail lights for starters and isolating the feed wires and see if it is still tripping. Thanks Richard, I'll give that a go. Cheers, Terry Quote
Starfire Posted September 24, 2017 Author Posted September 24, 2017 It looks like the problem is in one of the tail lights, given the rather angry sparks it threw at me when I took it apart and the fact that the breaker is no longer tripping. It seems that they cut the wires when disassembling it and didn't tape them properly afterwards. I'll dig up some electrical tape tomorrow and it should be all good. Cheers, Terry Quote
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