Originally Posted by kjmillig
I think I now qualify as a geek. I have mounted a homemade headlight and electric horn on the front, and an amber strobe on a toolbox/trunk on the rear, wired in two swithces for the lights and mounted them on the toolbox, and a 12v 8amp battery inside the box. My problem is that my horn button doesn't work. Continuity test shows the button is functional, and I have power to the wires, but when I connect the wires and push, I get nothing. HELP! The horn button is a regular after-market, surface mount, auto horn button from Auto Zone.
Do you hear nothing at all, or a small "tink" or "click"? If so, you may also need some sort of driver for the horn. Sometimes these horns need an oscillating current (basically AC current) to operate.