Earthing My Horn

[gerlewislewis 0]

I have bought a 2 pin horn, as there were no 1 pin horns for sale in my whole town!

 

The instructions say to earth the second pin if you have a 1 pin system. Where would be a suitable location to run a wire to from my horn? Im not good with electrics and knowing what is an earth point. Ideally as close to the horn as possible.

 

Cheers

 

Ger

[large 33]

Yellow plug by the light or on any bolt that goes into metal.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

As the horn bolts to a metal bracket does it really need an earth?

 

If it does then anywhere on the body will do for the earth point, even the horn bracket.

 

Graham.

[gerlewislewis 0]

well after not being able to get the new one to work, I re-fitted the old one and that wouldnt work either.

Cleaned up a few connections, and even cleaned and copper greased the mounting bracket and the old one works fine now.

 

Does the mounting bracket help form the curcuit/earth or is that a coincidence?

 

Anyway, its fixed, Cheers!

 

Thats £34 saved.

 

Ger

[Pugnut 9 1 Cars]

Does the mounting bracket help form the curcuit/earth or is that a coincidence?

 

 

Ger

 

 

as stated the centre mounting stud of the horn is negative and the whole body shell/chassis is negative . cool huh

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

All 1.9's should have 2 wires as they used Air Horn's, Sounds like someone has just fitted a std single tone one on,

[gerlewislewis 0]

"All 1.9's should have 2 wires as they used Air Horn's, Sounds like someone has just fitted a std single tone one on,

"

 

I think youre right, as Im sure I saw a horn receipt amongst my history.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Did all the 1900s have the air horn? Only reason I ask is that I've a original unmodified 88 1900 and that has the twin horns like the 1600s do. They look like they have always been there, and the rest of the car is totally standard.