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02-12-2009, 09:02 PM
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wolo ooga horn major problem!!!
 i just recently bought the Wolo Ooga Horns... i installed them the way that it said to in they're instructions. when i connected the battery it just honked... i have it wired to a push button in my cab of my 2003 ford ranger... i disconnected that and actually did a complete circut with two hots running to the switch and i grounded it right onto the negitive terminal... IT WORKED! but after the truck ran for a min the wires got flaming red hot, and nearly started a fire... im getting ready to just junk this stuff... unless i can get some help... please help me with diagrams or anythingthing else you can think of that would help me understand this more... oh ya forgot to mention... i did use an inline fuse on the hot wire... thanks alot...
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02-13-2009, 07:27 AM
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Possibly the wire size you used is too small. Did the instruction advise on what wire size to use?
Vince
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02-13-2009, 07:56 AM
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IT said use 16 or higher(thicker) so i used 16... should i step it up to like a 14, 12, or 10?
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02-13-2009, 09:21 AM
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16 sounds way too small, use minimum #12 AWG for best results, and fuse appropriately with a 20 amp fuse. Better still use #10 AWG and a 30 amp fuse. That horn should sound much better when it is getting all the juice it needs
 .Vince
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02-13-2009, 11:04 PM
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should i use a relay? or just by pass it...?
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02-14-2009, 01:52 AM
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Just wire it straight to the battery. Battery + to fuse to horn and then back to the battery for the ground. My old 72 was wired that way except it didnt even have a fuse in it. Im not the one that wired it up that way and i never thought enough about it to put a fuse in line. Im not sure i ever used the horn on it tho anyways. It also had a button switch on it for the horn button, as the stock steering wheel was replaced with some piece of crap TINY BG wheel.
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02-15-2009, 08:26 PM
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if you wire in relay in properly your switch will last a lot longer, because then the switch is only passing about 2 amps through it and the relay is switching the higher load.
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02-15-2009, 09:26 PM
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i used a thicker wire this time and it worked perfect but after about 10-15 mins after my truck was running it quit working?!?!?!? what do i do now...?
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02-16-2009, 06:32 AM
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I will guess you burnt out the switch, check for power and ground at different places to test it.
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02-16-2009, 07:21 AM
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Quote:
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02-16-2009, 07:22 AM
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Quote:
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02-16-2009, 07:06 PM
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ahoogah horns take a lot of amps.. read the package and you will realise they can draw 20+ amps.. and relays are reccomended to correct this. I recently wired an original 6v Ahoogah horn into my '51 Chevy, but I disconnected the original horns and used the relay.. after adjusting the 50 yo horn, it sounded just like it should
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