Shotty work poll

[Truck Shop]

Your not adding a problem if installed correctly.

 

[Birken Vogt]

"Never" is a long time. We have put in literally hundreds of them from pickups to class 8, dozers etc. and a few passenger cars thrown in. As stated with the newest multiplex it can run into problems but in the dash of a KW where you know the feed to the fuse goes straight back to the battery or some big relay then to the battery, it works perfectly. You will not overload anything if installed backwards but as you correctly stated earlier, you might double up on the fuse for the original load, the answer to that problem is to not install it backward.

 

[Vetech63]

See, now I'm checking EVEYONES spelling!!

 

[John C.]

In my early days working on Komatsu excavators, they never put in enough heater fan in the cab to keep the windows clear. The operator's answer was to just get a fan where ever and screw it into the frame of the back of the cab. To them, any old wire they could probe that would light up a test light was good. Many dollars wasted because the operator would hide the wire connection under the panels and plastic and not say anything.
We then changed up and started putting accessories on the radio circuit. Usually only a three amp fuse in them and power came off the buss bar. Made it easy to troubleshoot over the phone. If they didn't mention it on the call, the dispatcher would ask them if the radio worked. That fancy add a fuse thing might have been a big help on the corn binders and old Japanese machines.

 

[Vetech63]

In my early days working on Komatsu excavators, they never put in enough heater fan in the cab to keep the windows clear. The operator's answer was to just get a fan where ever and screw it into the frame of the back of the cab. To them, any old wire they could probe that would light up a test light was good. Many dollars wasted because the operator would hide the wire connection under the panels and plastic and not say anything.
We then changed up and started putting accessories on the radio circuit. Usually only a three amp fuse in them and power came off the buss bar. Made it easy to troubleshoot over the phone. If they didn't mention it on the call, the dispatcher would ask them if the radio worked. That fancy add a fuse thing might have been a big help on the corn binders and old Japanese machines.

LOL......spelling passed!

 

[Truck Shop]

See, now I'm checking EVEYONES spelling!!

Vetech63---aka The Doctor Detroit of Spell Check, plus any other items of interest.

 

[crane operator]

 

[heymccall]

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We then changed up and started putting accessories on the radio circuit. Usually only a three amp fuse in them and power came off the buss bar. Made it easy to troubleshoot over the phone. If they didn't mention it on the call, the dispatcher would ask them if the radio worked.

All of my loader attachment wiring is on the same feed as the CB radio.
"My broom won't angle" is now met with, Does the CB work? "My planer won't tilt" yields the same question.

 

[suladas]

See, now I'm checking EVEYONES spelling!!

You missed an error

 

[JLarson]

If we do 2 or more circuits for an upfit we put in a little fuse panel somewhere. I hate having a bunch of inline fuse holders everywhere. Same with relays it's pretty easy to order a nice relay box these days online. Don't even have to deal with a parts counter monkey.

 

[Truck Shop]

Your always better off to run a new power supply, fuse panel and relay box to create new circuits. Tail lights last much longer when a junction
box is installed and easier to trouble shoot.

 

[JLarson]

Yep, I can't stand a crappy upfit and that seems like what every truck and body company does, throw 500 feet of wire a handful of crummy fuse holders and some relays at the vehicle and hope it sticks. Some municipal equipment really blows, sweepers, vac trucks.

 

[JD955SC]

Yep, I can't stand a crappy upfit and that seems like what every truck and body company does, throw 500 feet of wire a handful of crummy fuse holders and some relays at the vehicle and hope it sticks. Some municipal equipment really blows, sweepers, vac trucks.

Don’t forget scotchlocks and other “do it faster and easier” junk

 

[JLarson]

Fucking scotchlocks

Every time I see one I wanna wack someone with my crimpers.

They make for great trailer light service calls tho.

 

[Truck Shop]

Fucking scotchlocks

U-Haul-you can thank them for that.

 

[Midnightmoon]

That's my opinion add a fuse is just a scotch lock in disguise unprofessional on every level. It's easy stop being lazy and do it right

 

[Birken Vogt]

Much better than a Scotch Lok as in they will do their job and work for years. A Scotch Lok will work when it's in the shop, and quit when the customer is in the middle of a job and call you very angry.

 

[DMiller]

Have been in the business of eradicating Scotchloks at any chance run across them. Despicable corrosion starters.

 

[mekanik]

When I worked for a Kenworth dealer we would get a radio shop to send a guy over
to install the radios. They were the worst harness butchers I have ever seen. It got to the point where I would open the dash and show them the power wire to use and where to put the ground and where to put the co-ax through the firewall. The Add-A-Fuse and Scotch-Lock were made for radio installers.
Once a radio installer showed up all battered and bruised. I jokingly asked him what
happened. Apparently he was working in the dash of a new vehicle and managed to set off the steering wheel air bag.
Had a customer bring his car to our shop. It was a lease and he was returning it that day, he wanted me to take the Auto-Tel out for his next vehicle. It was screwed to the floor of the trunk. When I took the screws out, 4" long self drilling tapping screws I could smell gasoline. The screws went through the trunk and an inch further into the gas tank. I put the screws back in to plug the holes in the tank.
My last job a company that outfits new vehicles installed a radio clam-shell on the hump in the floor of our new Ford Expedition. They managed to put a self drilling screw through the transmission housing.

 

[DMiller]

See these twits at truck shops and garages, the ONLY screws they use are MILES too long, setting to Sheet Metal or Plastic where ONLY have to pass thru the material not anchor to the asphalt under the machine.