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Thread: Fuse mayhem = bad connection on battery neg.

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    Default Fuse mayhem = bad connection on battery neg.

    I've so far blow 4 fuses in the last month or so.
    here's the tally so far
    2 x rear demister (under hood fuse box 2nd fuse blew within a day so I suspect blown relay so i won't replace fuse until i've checked it out)
    1 x indicator fuse (no problems otherwise)
    1 x parking light fuse left (bulb was blown)

    followed by a hand brake light that doesn't fully go out when the hand brake is put down. (and last night dim hand brake and altenator lights)

    now i have had to disconnect the battery a few times during that period to look at the slip ring (which i have finally replaced), my question is could this be associated with a bad connection on the negative terminal of the battery?

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    bad batt connections can cause all sorts of gremlins, I'll bet their all related to it.
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    Default I replaced

    the ground strap between the chassis and the block, the ground cable and terminal, and cleaned the fusible link terminals and replaced the link.

    Did all this because I was experiencing some electrical problems.

    The problems are gone.


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