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wavetamer

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my horn just stopped working, can see positive leave switch and I assume there is a pos/neg that is soldered to each horn, has any one had this type of failure before there has to be a connection some where I cant get at or find
 

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Those Ongaro horns fail regularly. However, they can often be repaired by clean the contacts, the diaphragm, and adjusting the tension screw on the diaphragm.

Here is a general description of how to fix a boat horn:

https://www.merchantcircle.com/articles/How-to-Fix-an-Electric-Boat-Horn/1037502

I just looked that up because I'm working on my own horn today. The first thing I do is to take off the covers and spray everything with Corrosion X. If that doesn't work, I go from there.