especially when its the forklift doing the smoking.
the forklift let the smoke out his week. sparky mate in to repair. pulled the main loom out and cut out melted wires.
we actually got lucky, the ignition switch plug melted and came apart stopping it.
very lucky the whole thing didn't go up in flames.
we found the main power feed had rubbed through under the dash. trace it back and found no fuses in the circuit, despite the circuit diagram in the manual showing a fuse. looks like the China factory took short cuts. it was also wired a bit odd. normally it would be wired straight back to battery, but this was wired to starter motor on the other side of the forklift. ie it would have used less cable, cheaper, to wire it normally.
so sparky mate wired it "normally" and fitted fuses on both main feeds. we are not actually sure what the other main feed is being used for.

the forklift let the smoke out his week. sparky mate in to repair. pulled the main loom out and cut out melted wires.
we actually got lucky, the ignition switch plug melted and came apart stopping it.
very lucky the whole thing didn't go up in flames.
we found the main power feed had rubbed through under the dash. trace it back and found no fuses in the circuit, despite the circuit diagram in the manual showing a fuse. looks like the China factory took short cuts. it was also wired a bit odd. normally it would be wired straight back to battery, but this was wired to starter motor on the other side of the forklift. ie it would have used less cable, cheaper, to wire it normally.
so sparky mate wired it "normally" and fitted fuses on both main feeds. we are not actually sure what the other main feed is being used for.
