One of these contacts is connected directly to battery power without going through the ‘thermal circuit breaker’ first. If it touches any grounded metal, it will create a direct short circuit that won’t be broken until the wires melt. (Not just the insulation around the wires – the wires themselves.)
It’s a big risk of fucking up the car’s electrical system much worse than it already is, and could even end up starting a fire that burns the whole car if wires near the melting point of copper touch anything flammable.
Come on, OP. It’s just a little electrical tape. You can do that.
(And a fuse is still a good idea. What if your ‘thermal circuit breaker’ fails – like the previous one did – and gets stuck in the on position? Your car had a fuse on the blinker circuit for a reason. Permanently bypassing it without a replacement is a bad idea.)
Touching each other is not the problem, if either of those touch any part of the body you will have a ground fault failure.
It’s literally a thermal circuit breaker. It works perfectly in circuit.
One of these contacts is connected directly to battery power without going through the ‘thermal circuit breaker’ first. If it touches any grounded metal, it will create a direct short circuit that won’t be broken until the wires melt. (Not just the insulation around the wires – the wires themselves.)
It’s a big risk of fucking up the car’s electrical system much worse than it already is, and could even end up starting a fire that burns the whole car if wires near the melting point of copper touch anything flammable.
Come on, OP. It’s just a little electrical tape. You can do that.
(And a fuse is still a good idea. What if your ‘thermal circuit breaker’ fails – like the previous one did – and gets stuck in the on position? Your car had a fuse on the blinker circuit for a reason. Permanently bypassing it without a replacement is a bad idea.)
This literally cannot touch any ground points. It’s impossible. I made damn sure of that.
And even if it somehow does fail someday, what’s the worst that’s gonna happen?
Back to the original problem, blinkers don’t flash, just stuck on.
This fix works fine though.
Good point.