Power glitch
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LeeT350c

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575 posts

210 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Not sure if anyone else has/has had this issue.

Every so often I seem to loose power to everything for a split second then all is well again. Its like the battery is disconnected and reconnected.

Any pointers or ideas on a cause?

Cheers. Lee.

darkmark07

702 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Do you mean electrical power and does it happen whilst on the move?

If so, my bet would be on a dodgy earth or perhaps more worryingly on a bad / loose connection or short on the +ve side of the battery. Worth getting checked out as there were a number of fires caused a few months ago where a bad connection or short around the battery was blamed for the ensuing fireball.

I'd be inclined to look inside the battery box to check that all of that wiring is good without chafing or similar and that the foam pad between the top of the battery and main chassis rails is in place.

SP6 Animal

6,015 posts

239 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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^^yes^^
Get your hands dirty lee biggrin

D14 AYS

3,696 posts

239 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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100 amp fuse, change it for a 125 amp one thumbup

YRRunner

1,652 posts

245 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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If you're loosing power whilst driving, all of a sudden, then it comes online again, it might be the fuel pump relay slipping in & out. Its a 1" x 2" square black block (at least that's what it was on the Tuscan). I kept knocking it with my right toe tip and it progressively got looser. Not sure if it's the same arrangement on the T-cars fuse panel, but worth checking out.

Edited by YRRunner on Wednesday 28th April 10:50

SP6 Animal

6,015 posts

239 months

Tuesday 27th April 2010
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[quote=YRRunner]If you're loosing power whilst driving, all of a sudden, then it comes online again, it might be the fuel pump relay slipping in & out. Its a 1" x 2" square black block (at least that's what it was on the Tuscan). I kept knocking it with my right toe tip and it progressively got looser. Not sure if it's the same arrangement on the Sagaris fuse panel, but worth checking out.[/quote

Lee will be chuffed he's got a T350 laugh

Fuseboard seems to be the same layout and in the same place (a crap place IMHO)