Got an email from that amazing guru of Mercedes repair, Kent.
(can you feel the sarcasm)
He says, "A dead short (one that instantly blows fuses) in your
Mercedes can be one of the hardest electrical problems to
troubleshoot and fix.
I guess my idea of "hard to troubleshoot" and his are
you are right. (again) The intermittent stuff is tough, unless you get
lucky.
All you need is to get a blue shop coat to be as smart or smarter than
Kent. (oh, and make videos) (or post to the fookbase 123 group.)
fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
Got an email from that amazing guru of Mercede
Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and watch for the
smoke. What's so hard about that?
Intermittent short: ... Now, that is much harder...
Hell, for one of those, I have to wear a WHITE shop coat and put on my blue
gloves...
For an intermittent short, the best fix is a g
] ***SPAM*** Dead short
you are right. (again) The intermittent stuff is tough, unless you get
lucky.
All you need is to get a blue shop coat to be as smart or smarter than
Kent. (oh, and make videos) (or post to the fookbase 123 group.)
fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
> Got an email from t
G Mann wrote:
> Intermittent short: ... Now, that is much harder...
>
> Hell, for one of those, I have to wear a WHITE shop coat and put on my blue
> gloves...
..
The important thing is to wear an "experienced" white coat.
Years ago I bought a very experienc
Last weekend I had a dead short that blew #5 fuse in The White Whale. Took
me about five minutes to diagnose and fix. No white coat or blue gloves
needed.
The story: rented a u-haul trailer, when I hooked up my trailer wiring I
managed to get the euro socket inserted 180 degrees off, and the fus
I learned a cool trick as a bench tech working on variable speed DC motor
controls many, many years ago.
One of the most common failures we would see on units coming in for repairs
were shorted triacs in the output stage of the drive. Of course these would
immediately blow a fuse or trip a brea
I could buy a whole new car for the price of a bottle of 50yo scotch whisky
--FT (who sometimes makes rye comments too)
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> On Sep 28, 2018, at 12:54 AM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and watch for the
> smoke. Wha
The kids of fakebook love him.
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> On Sep 27, 2018, at 11:45 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> you are right. (again) The intermittent stuff is tough, unless you get
> lucky.
>
> All you need is to get a blue shop coat to be as smart or smarter than Kent.
>
Last dead short we had in a Benz was a grounded wire for the trunk light on the
300SDL. It was a pain to fix, but not hard, as the back seat upper rest had to
come out to get the wiring harness split up to where the wires weren't melted.
Had to splice in a bunch of wire for taillights, new wire
>
> Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and watch for the
> smoke. What's so hard about that?
There.
I fixed it.
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Hahaha!Great story! You are quite welcome!I have 2 of em I saved.
archer75--- via Mercedes wrote:
G Mann wrote:
Intermittent short: ... Now, that is much harder...
Hell, for one of those, I have to wear a WHITE shop coat and put on my blue
gloves...
.
> Dan--- wrote:
> ... set up a power cord at each bench with a mogul base light
> bulb in series whose amperage draw was less than the controller
> under load.
>
> I’ve used the same approach with troubleshooting DC circuits in
> cars for years using a brake light bulb in place of the fuse for
>
> > > fmiser wrote:
> > > Got an email from that amazing guru of Mercedes repair, Kent.
> > Curley wrote:
> >
> > All you need is to get a blue shop coat to be as smart or
> > smarter than Kent.
> Kaleb wrote:
> The kids of fakebook love him.
Figures. The belong together. Both seem to valu
> > Grant wrote:
> >
> > Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and
> > watch for the smoke. What's so hard about that?
> Rick wrote:
>
> There.
>
> I fixed it.
That is not a fix!! Why, what a stupid way to solve the problem!
Those jumpers are iron and not copper - o
[MBZ] ***SPAM*** Dead short
> > Grant wrote:
> >
> > Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and
> > watch for the smoke. What's so hard about that?
> Rick wrote:
>
> There.
>
> I fixed it.
That is not a fix!! Why, what a stupid way
> > > Grant wrote:
> > >
> > > Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and
> > > watch for the smoke. What's so hard about that?
>
> > Rick wrote:
> >
> > There.
> >
> > I fixed it.
[ image of iron pipe in place of cartridge fuses ]
> fmiser wrote:
>
> That is not a fix!!
Yeah but they're cheap.
fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
Grant wrote:
Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and
watch for the smoke. What's so hard about that?
Rick wrote:
There.
I fixed it.
That is not a fix!! Why, what a stupid way to solve the problem!
Those ju
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