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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:38 pm    Post subject: Help to ID 12V 30amp breaker Reply with quote

Hi everyone.
Been daily driving my 87 wbx’r and over the last few days there’s a circuit breaker under my passenger seat began cycling.
According to the Pollak site it’s a thermally tripped breaker.

Can anyone tell me what it is supplying power to? Or a general idea?
I will replace the unit but am concerned it may be cycling due to an overload.

Here’s two pictures of the item and location.

Thank everyone I appreciate the collective knowledge of the group.

Owen


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Help to ID 12V30amp breaker Reply with quote

9.5isCanadian wrote:
Can anyone tell me what it is supplying power to? Or a general idea?


No and no. You have to trace the wire and see for yourself. It's not original/stock.

It's a pretty thick wire. Do you have any heavy duty accessories like a serious stereo?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Help to ID 12V30amp breaker Reply with quote

4Gears4Tires wrote:
9.5isCanadian wrote:
Can anyone tell me what it is supplying power to? Or a general idea?


No and no. You have to trace the wire and see for yourself. It's not original/stock.

It's a pretty thick wire. Do you have any heavy duty accessories like a serious stereo?


Ha I wish. No stereo at all, yet…
I couldn’t find it in the Bentley so I suspected it was not oem.
I’m just going to leave it off and see what doesn’t work, if anything.
Thanks for the confirmation.

Owen
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Help to ID 12V30amp breaker Reply with quote

If you don't have a stereo at all, it may have been the power wire for an amp. I would try to find out what it is connected to or if it's just hanging loose somewhere.

Not hard to remove the piece of wire from the terminal clamp to the breaker luckily.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Help to ID 12V30amp breaker Reply with quote

So turns out this wire was charging my house battery. I have the diesel centre heat tunnel and the wire was run under it. Where is crossed into the under seat cavity it had cut the wire insulation.

Intermittent short was tripping the breaker / fuse.

Thanks for the assistance everyone.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Help to ID 12V30amp breaker Reply with quote

A thermal reset breaker will keep whacking the short until something breaks or starts on fire.
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