The other 100 amp fuse

[Quietlybonkers]

I have a 99 Chimaera 4.0. I think I may have blown the other 100 amp fuse, ie the one in the footwell, not the one that is strapped under the chassis drivers side that causes the car to die when blown.

I have lost the things that are not wired via the ignition, ie lights, windows, speedo etc. I have been told I should have this extra strip fuse down in the passenger footwell, but I cannot see it. Could anyone please post a photo of where it is, or describe its location precisely?

[Goaty Bill]

Sorry, I have no idea either.
But I always carry a spare
Is it maybe (officially) an 80 amp fuse?

[Podie]

http://www.chimaerapages.com/resources_fuse.php

[Podie]

On our Griff there is one sat above the battery box - looks identical to the link I've posted earlier.

[Quietlybonkers]

Thanks Podie. I have already replaced the one in your link. It's the other one that I think is blown, the one in the footwell. I expected it to look like the under-chassis one, but I cannot see it and don't know which bit of wiring it is fitted into. Any clues?

You say "above the battery box", but do you mean in the knitting that is attached to the ECU, or as part of the fuse and relay array?

[Podie]

Ours is separate to the fuse/relay mess... but that is likely to have been tidied up by the specialist we use.

On the Chimaera I had it was sat behind the battery initially...

[Quietlybonkers]

Podie said:

Ours is separate to the fuse/relay mess... but that is likely to have been tidied up by the specialist we use.

On the Chimaera I had it was sat behind the battery initially...

Ie in front of it. more to the front of the car, so to the far side of the battery as you lie upside down in the footwell and glare at the battery?

[NOTAFINGA]

Podie said:

Ours is separate to the fuse/relay mess... but that is likely to have been tidied up by the specialist we use.

On the Chimaera I had it was sat behind the battery initially...

Obviously this fuse box is in the wrong location but this is what it looks like in the loom and may help
Courtesy of Ralphy12345

[Quietlybonkers]

Brilliant.....but that suggests that, if the fuse is blown, I should have lost everything that links to the main fuse board

[Podie]

Quietlybonkers said:

Podie said:

Ours is separate to the fuse/relay mess... but that is likely to have been tidied up by the specialist we use.

On the Chimaera I had it was sat behind the battery initially...

Ie in front of it. more to the front of the car, so to the far side of the battery as you lie upside down in the footwell and glare at the battery?

Correct - it was further forward in the vehicle, i.e. closer to the engine.

[Quietlybonkers]

Thanks everyone - I will go a-digging!

[NOTAFINGA]

There should be 2 Brown cables in tandem coming from the battery + post direct to the fuse holder & being the helpful kind of chap I am + I was bored anyway .......
.. I was under the impression that the later cars i.e Serp 94ish on had these fitted I pulled this fuse holder out for the pics but it normally sits behind the battery and completely out of sight maybe this is why you cannot locate it I am not certain this is your problem as I have never removed the fuse to see what effect

Edited by NOTAFINGA on Friday 9th November 14:47

[Hedgehopper]

This is it. Pic is of a Griff battery box but may help you recognize the fuse holder.

[Quietlybonkers]

Thanks guys - no idea how you got so much light in there. Black hole of Calcutta in my car. I will pop out and see what I can find......before it rains

[Quietlybonkers]

Went out, bought a torch, found the fuse holder, fuse fine. It's 80 amp, by the way.

So now what else could be common to all those things? But I know from reading the bible that the horn is earthed to the chassis down behind th front bumper. Could the others, lights, elec windows etc, have a common earth? If so, where is it?

By the way, in common with other TVR owners, the horn works fine.

[Hedgehopper]

Often when you have a faulty earth it causes interactions between various components, i.e. side lights flash with indicators etc. As your problem is only with non ignition items I would check the multi-plugs behind the dash as each one of these supplies power to several items.

[NOTAFINGA]

Quietlybonkers said:

Went out, bought a torch, found the fuse holder, fuse fine. It's 80 amp, by the way.

So now what else could be common to all those things? But I know from reading the bible that the horn is earthed to the chassis down behind th front bumper. Could the others, lights, elec windows etc, have a common earth? If so, where is it?

By the way, in common with other TVR owners, the horn works fine.

Certain? no airline cracks? all relays secure in there socket, Spend mentioned a 70A main relay once identified by 2 larger than standard pins from memory could be worth checking out like this

Edited by NOTAFINGA on Friday 9th November 16:49

[Quietlybonkers]

NOTAFINGA said:

ertain? no airline cracks? all relays secure in there socket, Spend mentioned a 70A main relay once identified by 2 larger than standard pins from memory could be worth checking out like this

Edited by NOTAFINGA on Friday 9th November 16:49

Ok, by torchlight, lying on my side, arms at full stretch, it looked ok. Hopefully tomorrow a batch of midi fuses will arrive from a supplier on the bay of fleas. When they do I will replace the strip fuse and see.

Next I will check all the relays in the footwell that are on the ECU loom - per the bible, all the ones on the fuse board AR single specific items.

Then it's dash top off and see what is what, as per hedgehopper's post.

Pray for sunshine! Car is outside.

[phazed]

Any luck QB?

I'm with Simon on a dodgy fuse.

When I'm back in te garage later, I'll pull mine and see what doesn't work.

[Quietlybonkers]

phazed said:

Any luck QB?

I'm with Simon on a dodgy fuse.

When I'm back in te garage later, I'll pull mine and see what doesn't work.

Hasn't stopped raining. I will tackle it first thing tomorrow.