i at least hope there was some pant $hitting as a result. I’d have to say that from the perspective of being worth it, I’d probably think it was even though i’d probably need to do some troubleshooting.
@isis hit where I was about to go. Not in any way to counter what @FordTechOne is saying, but my first thought was how much current draw is that compressor, because from your story, you don’t know whether it was the horn blast, or the compressor.
can you elaborate on your wiring?
did you have anything else running when the compressor was running?
what’s the compressor’s current draw rating?
what gauge wire did you use?
are there battery home runs for power and ground?
how long are the runs to power and ground?
how long was the compressor on?
I don’t think the truck would even care about 40-60 amps for 1-2 minutes. [ damn... i can remember alternators that topped out at 60 amps ] unless something else was going on.
One of the reasons I installed the auto stop eliminator is that while my ~500 w stereo is playing, during the start up, the voltage at the amps drops to about 9.? volts, enough to scram both of them for a couple seconds.
if you have for scan, you can probably clear the alerts but they may come back if you repeat the process.
Valid point. I wouldn't think the compressor would overwhelm the charging system and battery, but it's certainly possible. We see that scenerio a lot on truck with snow massive plows; the system draws so much current that the instrument cluster and Sync screen power down and reboot. Once the modules see VPWR of 9.5V or less, they shut down simultaneously.