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DEFENDER90-DAZ
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As daft says 25amp cable/wire with a 20 amp protection fuse 
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Have you heard of Google? • Sensible Automotive Wiring
• Sensible Automotive Wiring
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or the FAQ section .
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Now come on! Where the blue blazes does it say put the injector harness inside the rocker cover and use a leaky connector to stop the oil escaping?
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Now come on! Where the blue blazes does it say put the injector harness inside the rocker cover and use a leaky connector to stop the oil escaping?
Ok very quick, very good
But Hella are German so being sensible they would never put the injector harness inside the rocker cover, and there connectors never leak.
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these ones
Yep
Grills on mine stuck on...are these prized off when changing bulbs?
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Be careful, this is a common misconception among non electrically minded folks.
Cable suited to 240V use is usually rated at 400/600/1000V, basically so the insulation will stand up to 240V use. You can get 1mm singles or twin and earth which would be overloaded if you connected about 20 amps to it at 12V, it may actually work fine for a long time in the right conditions, but every time it is on for any length of time, it will warm up, and damage the insulation, eventually you end up with issues, smoke, fire.... If you put more current through it you end up with smoke and flames pretty soon.
So don’t assume cable for 240V is capable for all things low voltage.
A good example of this was someone who wired all the kitchen 12V down lights with a 1mm twin and earth cable, there were about 12 on the circuit at 50W each, that’s 600w, or 50 AMPS at 12V! You want to have seen the mess.
Also, auto cable is designed to be in oily environments, is better suited to movement (more stands etc…
.Also, as correctly stated earlier 25A cable is a good idea here, this is a saftey factor, and also, in auto electrics don't always assume 12V, in fact very rarely do the electrics actually run at 12V. The engine may be off and the lights may be on with the battery low, so say 10V, 200W/10V = 20A, so for the sake of the engine being on or off there could be a difference of 4A. So with the engine on and a good alt it could be 13.8A.
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wiltshire landyman
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yep just give a squirt of wd40 around the back of the rim then rotate the grill left n right a few times then it will prise off
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looks like some kind of sealant around the bugger!!
how does the glass/chrome rim then come off?
how does the glass/chrome rim then come off?
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done that how do i get scratches off the chrome?
think it was bloody tile adhesive!! what gets that off?
think it was bloody tile adhesive!! what gets that off?
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