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brucepick · 03-31-2011, 09:59 PM

Issue resolved.

Cause: faulty 4-pin computer connector that I put in, to give a way to unplug the Guino. Not the tiny ones for floppy drive, the larger ones that powered hard drives and plenty other stuff 'till the SATA drives came out.

I never could determine for certain if it was the male or female connector, or was it the pin/tube fit or the crimping of the wire to the connector contact. But I did determine the +12V wire passing thru the connector was intermittent.

Cure:
Severed the wires on either side of the connector. Inserted 8-10" of new wire in line. Twisted bared leads, soldered, then covered with heat shrink tubing and shrunk it. Seems to be fine now. I hope I didn't jinx it by saying so.

I got the cap and diode from Radio Shack but didn't bother putting them in. I think I'll return them. This fixit job was enough of a PITA as it was, without opening up the project box that holds the existing 8 Ohm resistor and redoing all that. It was worth it though.

03-31-2011, 09:59 PM	#23 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Issue resolved. Cause: faulty 4-pin computer connector that I put in, to give a way to unplug the Guino. Not the tiny ones for floppy drive, the larger ones that powered hard drives and plenty other stuff 'till the SATA drives came out. I never could determine for certain if it was the male or female connector, or was it the pin/tube fit or the crimping of the wire to the connector contact. But I did determine the +12V wire passing thru the connector was intermittent. Cure: Severed the wires on either side of the connector. Inserted 8-10" of new wire in line. Twisted bared leads, soldered, then covered with heat shrink tubing and shrunk it. Seems to be fine now. I hope I didn't jinx it by saying so. I got the cap and diode from Radio Shack but didn't bother putting them in. I think I'll return them. This fixit job was enough of a PITA as it was, without opening up the project box that holds the existing 8 Ohm resistor and redoing all that. It was worth it though. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.