Touring France and thought we were in trouble

[Manic]

We touring France and the sat nav stops getting power, we were stopping at a laundrette so I thought I will check it out then. Checked various bit and found a blown fuse on the indicator, handbrake warning, replaced and it popped straight away.
So I thought I would carry on without indicators until the next Aire and sort it then, went to start up but
nothing , turning over but not firing, noticed no lights on dash, thought we would need to use breakdown but I’d check first.
Took lower dash parts off to trace where I’d got fed for satnav power and found a bit of my insulation had deteriorated and exposed a metal piece behind radio, refitted a new fuse and bingo it’s all working again.
That fuse also did the key code part hence non starting- hurray.

 

[Mikey RV]

Glad you got sorted

 

[walburga]

Wow...you are now an auto electrician even if you weren't aware of it!

Allen

 

[Shrimp]

Wow...you are now an auto electrician even if you weren't aware of it!

Allen

Glad I married an Engineer, specially one that is a ‘Bodger’.
That is the old word for a person that can turn his hand to fixing anything, not a bodge & scarper!
Well done Nick.

 

[scotjimland]

Glad I married an Engineer, specially one that is a ‘Bodger’.
That is the old word for a person that can turn his hand to fixing anything, not a bodge & scarper!

yes, often used derogatorily .. and often correct... lol

but means a chair leg turner ...

It first appears c. 1910, and only applied to a few dozen turners around High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The Oxford English Dictionary Supplement of 1972 has two definitions for bodger, one is a local dialect word from Buckinghamshire, for chair leg turner. The other is Australian slang for bad workmanship.

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[Pausim]

I recently read that some insurance companies are now getting twitchy about hard wiring dashcams, without declaring them as modifications. Presumably the same applies to navigators. I think the problem is the risks caused by poor unfused connections because they seem to be happy with ones plugged into original 12V sockets. I have looked for the article but can’t now find it.

 

[SIFTA SAM]

Things were 'fettled' in Lancashire in the 50s/60's.
He, (fettler)was the weaving loom mechanic you had to keep on the 'right side' of if you needed to keep your several looms operational.

 

[scotjimland]

I recently read that some insurance companies are now getting twitchy about hard wiring dashcams, without declaring them as modifications. Presumably the same applies to navigators. I think the problem is the risks caused by poor unfused connections because they seem to be happy with ones plugged into original 12V sockets. I have looked for the article but can’t now find it.

someone posted about it recently


but how about dash cams powered using an OBD power cable ..

.. no need to mess with fuses .. is it hard wired ?

 

[Googlebot]

I recently read that some insurance companies are now getting twitchy about hard wiring dashcams, without declaring them as modifications. Presumably the same applies to navigators. I think the problem is the risks caused by poor unfused connections because they seem to be happy with ones plugged into original 12V sockets. I have looked for the article but can’t now find it.

Jesus!

Hope not, wait till they see what else I have put in.

 

[Manic]

I recently read that some insurance companies are now getting twitchy about hard wiring dashcams, without declaring them as modifications. Presumably the same applies to navigators. I think the problem is the risks caused by poor unfused connections because they seem to be happy with ones plugged into original 12V sockets. I have looked for the article but can’t now find it.

My Satnav isn’t hard wired but I fitted a dedicated cigarette socket specially for the satnav

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[TheAleMan]

Glad you’re all sorted again Nick and up and running once more.