Hello
Thought I'd write a post on here as its Christmas season/deepest darkest winter
, have been lurking around on here for over a year whilst restoring and working on my van. Reading posts and getting ideas and so on. I thought with my van everything was electrically sorted all wires checked connections checked fuses changed, bulbs renewed, checked by an auto electrician etc...
But on Friday driving from London to Wiltshire on the A303 had a major short out and all the electrics and lights failed whilst driving along (turns out think headlight bulb has come out of housing on a very large pothole and shorted). Managed to get the van just off the road and grab a fire extinguisher to douse some smoking wires before too much damage was done and then have a very long wait for a cheery recovery driver.
What I would say even though I thought I was totally prepared for most eventualities, the importance of having an emergency grab bag with warm clothes emergency lights and a fire extinguisher close to hand (and not neatly tidied away in the boot). Also all passengers being aware of this as well.
Boring safety post over, drive safe this Christmas all. :-D
Thought I'd write a post on here as its Christmas season/deepest darkest winter
, have been lurking around on here for over a year whilst restoring and working on my van. Reading posts and getting ideas and so on. I thought with my van everything was electrically sorted all wires checked connections checked fuses changed, bulbs renewed, checked by an auto electrician etc...But on Friday driving from London to Wiltshire on the A303 had a major short out and all the electrics and lights failed whilst driving along (turns out think headlight bulb has come out of housing on a very large pothole and shorted). Managed to get the van just off the road and grab a fire extinguisher to douse some smoking wires before too much damage was done and then have a very long wait for a cheery recovery driver.
What I would say even though I thought I was totally prepared for most eventualities, the importance of having an emergency grab bag with warm clothes emergency lights and a fire extinguisher close to hand (and not neatly tidied away in the boot). Also all passengers being aware of this as well.
Boring safety post over, drive safe this Christmas all. :-D
