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electrical issues
Rodskeg - April 16th, 2015 at 08:41 PM

Hi all, I went to pick up my bus today after getting some rust work done.




Driving away my van drove pretty bad and had no power and sounded crap, also

I had no blinkers, horn or gauges other than my speedo. as I was driving it back

my electrical check light came on.




I took it back to the workshop where they found a few blown fuses, which they replaced but nothing changed.




I think they may have sparked up the welder with my battery still attached? would this cause such problems?




Guy is a decent bloke but I want to be a bit wiser when I speak with him tomorrow.




Cheers in advance.




Rod


psimitar - April 16th, 2015 at 08:59 PM

Yup, always disconnect the battery when welding as can cause problems with the electrics.

I'm not sure what problems as my old MOT guy told me this before I even started using a welder so never found out the hard way what damage can occur.


adlbeetle66 - April 19th, 2015 at 06:17 PM

Yep. Sounds like the problem.
Hopefully you get it all sorted :)