HORN SYSTEM OPERATION CHAPTER 11

HORNSHORNS n HORNS OPERATE ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PRINCIPLE n INTERNAL DESIGN DETERMINES PITCH OF HORN n SOME HORNS CAN BE ADJUSTED BY CHANGING SPRING TENSION n USUALLY A HIGH AND LOW TONE

HORNHORN n HAS NORMALLY CLOSED POINTS n FIELD COIL OPERATES DIAPHRAM n DIAPHRAM OPENS POINTS n COLUMN OF AIR VIBRATES

HORN SWITCH n MOST SWITCHES ARE NORMALLY OPEN TYPE n DEPEND ON SLIDER CONTACT WHEEL n SPRING CONTACT BUTTON

SLIP RING CONTACT

HORN CIRCUITS n TWO METHODS OF HORN CONTROL –WITHOUT RELAY –POWER SIDE SWITCH n WITH RELAY –GROUND SIDE SWITCHED –MOST COMMON METHOD USED n C324 FIG 11-10

HORN SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS

HORN PROBLEMS n NO HORN OPERATION n INTERMITTENT OPERATION n CONTINOUS OPERATION n POOR SOUND QUALITY

NO HORN OPERATION n VERIFY CONCERN n ROTATE WHEEL WHILE DEPRESSING HORN BUTTON n USE DVOM TO PINPOINT PROBLEMS WITH RELAY SYSTEM n SWITCH IS ON GROUND SIDE OF CIRCUIT L384

HORN SYSTEM WITHOUT RELAY n NO HORN OPERATION n SWITCH IS ON INSULATED SIDE OF CIRCUIT n MUST USE LARGER WIRES TO OPERATE n AVAILABLE VOLTS FIG 11-3 L385

POOR SOUND QUALITY n ONE HORN NOT WORKING IN DUAL SYSTEM n INTERNAL DAMAGE OF HORN n LOW VOLTAGE TO HORN - SHOULD BE WITHIN 0.5 VOLTS OF BATTERY n USE JUMPER WIRE TO TEST n CHECK GROUND INTEGRITY

HORN ALWAYS BLOWS n USUALLY CAUSED BY STICKING SWITCH CONTACTS OR RELAY n USE OHMMETER TO TEST FOR GROUNDED CIRCUIT n USE OHMMETER TO TEST RELAY (OR USE VOLTAGE DROP METHOD)

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