Electrics... am I being conned?

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hmunro580@googlemail.com - 16 Nov 2006 20:32 GMT

Hi,
for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been too
much of a problem... if my windscreen steams up I just open the
window!!! recently I paid an auto electrician to fix it, who advised me
that there was a problem with the circuit and he fixed the problem. two
days later however it stopped working, however this time so did the
windscreen wipers and just about everything else. he said that as it is
an old car (is about 6 years old) the fuses collapsed as now it had
more things on at the same time and wants to replace my fuse box. Am i
being conned, or is this guy right?
Andy

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malc - 16 Nov 2006 22:06 GMT

> Hi,
> for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been
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> as now it had more things on at the same time and wants to replace my
> fuse box. Am i being conned, or is this guy right?

Sounds like he's conning you. You don't say what model it is by the way;
there may be specific advice that someone could give you. A six year old car
shouldn't have that many problems with its fuses. Heck a six year old car is
virtually brand new to me.

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Brian - 17 Nov 2006 08:38 GMT

> > Hi,
> > for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been
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> shouldn't have that many problems with its fuses. Heck a six year old car is
> virtually brand new to me.

Either he is conning you, or he doesn't know what he is doing, thus the
principle is to change everything until the fault goes away. A very easy
thing to do as long as someone else is paying.

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Adrian - 17 Nov 2006 09:47 GMT

> for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been too
> much of a problem... if my windscreen steams up I just open the
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> more things on at the same time and wants to replace my fuse box. Am i
> being conned, or is this guy right?

Fuses don't just "collapse" - and if they DO, you just change the fuse.
There's no way that a car that's only 6yo needs a fusebox replacing as a
matter of course. That's not "old" for a car, anyway.

Take it to a different sparky - one that knows what the hell he's doing.

If you're anywhere near Chesham, Bucks, I can heartily recommend PW Auto
Electrics.

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Tunku - 18 Nov 2006 18:37 GMT

hmunro580@googlemail.com wrote in news:1163709124.321818.219860
@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> Hi,
> for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been too
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> being conned, or is this guy right?
> Andy

Unless it is a 6 y/o Austin Maestro, which I doubt, ;-), I would suspect
his workmanship.

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Frank The Poet - 19 Nov 2006 15:18 GMT

> Hi,
> for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been too
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> being conned, or is this guy right?
> Andy

Would be very strange if the fuse box collaps now if it has never done it
while the car was new.... The fuses i can understand, but not the entire
box. I had an old mazda where the fuses all blew at the same time due to a
MISTAKE the garage made when installing a new radio. If the entire fuse box
went to "the other side" he`s done a mistake.

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Brian - 20 Nov 2006 12:58 GMT

> > Hi,
> > for nearly two years I have had no fan for my car but it's not been too
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> while the car was new.... The fuses i can understand, but not the entire
> box.

There have been some occasions when dry joints have been found on the
printed circuits on the PSA fuseboards. However, all have been repaired with
a soldering iron an a few minutes.

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autolec - 21 Nov 2006 10:57 GMT

Hello hmunro.

can you tell me what sort of car it is. Some vehicles have the
interior fan and wiper circuits running from a separate contact on the
ignition switch, if this is the case, your fuse holder is fine, go
somewhere else. If the fuse holder IS faulty, i would be surprised as
the vehicle is only 6yrs old, not very old, and probably only about
120k to 150klm on the clock, right?
Let me know what model it is, and I will do my best to diagnose it for
you.

Regards.

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