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Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:11 pm
by Erik Olsen
Rec'd strong shock --car running--when I depressed Horn Button. Not the Std wheel. Wood rimmed Moto-Lito. Any suggestions as to w?. Just purchased car. 63 Super 90. Have no experience with it. Suggestions welcome. E Olsen
Re: Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:29 pm
by C J Murray
Bad ground. Pull the button off. It should have blown a fuse so check that the fuse was not bypassed.
Re: Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:11 am
by Erik Olsen
Thanks. Went to drive this am and Battery(new Optima 6 V ) stone dead. Would appear no fuse blown. Sounds like dead short. Will pull horn button and investigate.
Re: Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:44 am
by Norm Miller
Welcome to the forum.
Take a minute and let us know where you live. There might be a contact nearby.
Then the answers you get will make more sense.
Check the wiring at the horn relay.
The horn is normally hot (B+) and functions by grounding at the button.
Norm
Re: Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:33 pm
by Alan Hall
I don't think that you can get a "strong shock" from 6 volts, so I suspect you got a static electric discharge shock when you touched the horn button rim, which is probably a ground point. Not sure how you would have built up a static charge...had you just gotten in the car? Also was the air very dry?
Re: Electric Shock from Horn Button
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:23 am
by Vic Skirmants
+1