Heater fuse?

Heater fuse?

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bababoom

Original Poster:

351 posts

117 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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Ive found the fuse box what dumb place to put it, Can someone point out witch is the fuse for the heater?
Ive pulled a few but its more of a pain in the ass getting them back in.
I guess its just easier to type this than to pork about pulling and pushing in what resembles an old mine shaft down there lol.

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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Is your problem that the heater fan has suddenly stopped working?

ch427

8,856 posts

232 months

davelittlewood

306 posts

132 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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Oh mate, you're in for some fun. biggrin

Unless yours is one of those rare cars where the fuse layout really does look like the ones in either the hand book or Steve's book then you're going on a duck shoot.

I spent 4 hours with the fuse box on the passenger seat, pulling fuses and then trying work out what had stopped working.

I'll dig out my fuse layout and post later.

The manual said 15A fuse in slot 14

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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There may not be a blown fuse.
If your heater fan has stopped working, it may be an overheated terminal in the connector block to the heater control box, which lives under the dash top, fairly centrally. It is easy to spot - the label on it says "Heater Ontrol".....

If one terminal looks burnt out, you need to bypass it

DastardlyDick

84 posts

136 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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I have replaced all my fuses with glow fuses which takes the guess work out of it. Didn't cost much or take long to do

DastardlyDick

84 posts

136 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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I have replaced all my fuses with glow fuses which takes the guess work out of it. Didn't cost much or take long to do

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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DastardlyDick said:
I have replaced all my fuses with glow fuses which takes the guess work out of it. Didn't cost much or take long to do
So good he sad it twice.....

But here's the sort of thing he meant:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-pack-LED-Smart-Std-Bla...

davelittlewood

306 posts

132 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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DastardlyDick said:
I have replaced all my fuses with glow fuses which takes the guess work out of it. Didn't cost much or take long to do
Yup, that's on my to do list as well.

There's absolutely no way you can see what the censored is going on with the fuses with the fuse box down there.
I'm sure that you can't even got some of the relays out with moving the fuse box as the heater pipes are in the way.

Anyone know who decided to put the fuse box there?? I'd like to go and kick him in the bolts.

bababoom

Original Poster:

351 posts

117 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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Yeah the fan has just stopped working, I was hopping it was just a fuse but I don't suppose (im learning) that being a TVR its going its going to be some kind bd of a job!
If it means taking the dash top of I,l live with out them!
I don't intend using the car in the winter and I only want heater to keep the other half from moaning she's cold so maybe without heating she wont want to get in it biglaugh

On a more serious note I will have to get it sorted but I couldn't even find that 3rd dash bolt let along get my hands on it banghead

bababoom

Original Poster:

351 posts

117 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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davelittlewood said:
Oh mate, you're in for some fun. biggrin

Unless yours is one of those rare cars where the fuse layout really does look like the ones in either the hand book or Steve's book then you're going on a duck shoot.

I spent 4 hours with the fuse box on the passenger seat, pulling fuses and then trying work out what had stopped working.

I'll dig out my fuse layout and post later.

The manual said 15A fuse in slot 14
Spill the beans is there something I should know? I have a feeling your going to say as I push the fuses back in im going to be pushing the terminal out the back of the fuse box or something?

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Sunday 28th June 2015
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I couldn't get my driver's side nut off either, so I just raise the left hand end and prop it up to give me access. The control box is black and is behind the heater controls

Bassfiend229hp

5,530 posts

249 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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QBee said:
DastardlyDick said:
I have replaced all my fuses with glow fuses which takes the guess work out of it. Didn't cost much or take long to do
So good he sad it twice.....

But here's the sort of thing he meant:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-pack-LED-Smart-Std-Bla...
Yup - did the same - bought a couple of packs from Halfwits (the Trade Card comes in handy) as I hate delving around in the fuse box ... I'l too tall, too fat and too bloody claustrophobic to spend more than a few seconds under there aimlessly prodding around!

Phil

bababoom

Original Poster:

351 posts

117 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Well after a bid of searching and reading up on I found out the heater switch also clicks in and out. censored
But not before spending an half hour buckled up in the floor well pull fusses banghead

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Yes, I did that in my first week of ownership too..... irked
Time healeth all...and remember the contents of this thread for when it fails and isn't the switch.