Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
Whip: you put me in mind of this wee story I read in a magazine many years ago.
I don't know who wrote it or what magazine it was in, but I liked it!

Everything you wanted to know about auto electricals.

I will now reveal to you everything you wanted to know about electricity. Forget all that nonsense about magnetic fields and the flow of electrons along a conductor, for it is just that, nonsense…….a myth put about by Auto Electricians to support their lavish lifestyles at your expense. The reality is…….Smoke! ...

Johnboy - I saw that article somewhere before, too. It pretty much expresses how I felt about wiring when I delved into my first wiring job and sometimes I wonder if maybe it is correct after all. I had a problem with the ballast resistor on my coupe one time... Nah, long story... Anyway, suffice it to say that the lessons learned through mistakes sometimes make the most lasting impressions.