[SEL] O.T. Dodge Wiring Problem UPDATE!

[paulmaples at sbcglobal.net]

Steve I will go to the parts house and see if I can find one of these 
testers. Right now he has been out driving half the night and nothing has 
blown so this is an intermittent problem which is going to make it harder to 
find.

Thanks for the input and idea.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Dodge Wiring Problem UPDATE!


> paulmaples at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Ron he removed the trailer hitch a long time ago so there is no trailer
>> lights to contend with however something is causing the light switch to 
>> pull
>> a heavy load to cause the over heating. Thanks,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> OK here is an OLD trick you can try. Head down to the parts store and
> buy a plug in circuit breaker or three. one rated the same as the fuse
> and one rated for half. If they have a short finder kit that has the
> center reading meter but it, they come in really handy. BUT if you have
> a simple compass you can still run the trace. When it shorts and blows
> the fuse plug in a breaker. Then follow the compass up the wire harness.
> It will swing back/forth as the breaker opens/closes. When it stops your
>