I’m trying to install a push button to the dash and a horn. I don’t want to use the original wires and the old horn is dead, and I don’t want to fix it so the steering wheel can sound the horn. I bought a 2 terminal universal horn, a push button, and an inline fuse. Whenever I hook it up and touch …

Is the push button you installed normally open, or normally closed? Tester

…dang, I’m not sure. I bet that’s the culprit

It’s easy to tell. Connect the battery, and while the horn is blaring, push the button. If the horn shuts off, that’s a normally closed switch. You want a normally open switch. Tester

If you have an ohm meter, the switch should be open (high resistance) normally, and less than 2 ohms when pushed. If the push button switch didn’t come with the horn, unless it was designed for a horn circuit you may run into problems. The switch has to be designed to handle the amount of curren…

It is less than 2, I tried it before and after clicking the button. As soon as I even touch the positive terminal, the horn honks, even after clicking the button and retrying several times

While the horn is blaring, push the button in and see if the horn stops. Tester

Brand name and part number of this switch?

I highly doubt the OP has that information. Everything sounds Jerry-Rigged to me. [image] Jerad1389: I bought a 2 terminal universal horn, a push button, and an inline fuse. But I don’t know what gives me that impression? Tester

Wolo low tone universal horn 310-2t Autocraft horn AC85929

Push Button Horn Installation

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George_San_Jose1 June 9, 2019, 1:53am 7

If the switch measures less than 2 ohms in both positions, that’s the problem. Faulty switch. Could be faulty for the reason mentioned above, not designed for that much current.

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