[DeTomaso] Dead on the Road
SOBill at aol.com
SOBill at aol.com
Sun Apr 15 01:16:53 EDT 2007
Will,
The big wire feeds the starter motor circuit.
The small wire does two things:
1) It provides power to all the car systems via the ammeter to start the car
and operate all the systems when the alternator voltage is lower than the
battery voltage.
2) It supplies charging current via the ammeter to the battery when the
alternator voltage is higher than the battery.
An interesting (weird?) situation is that with only a few strands of wire
connected, you can start the car, and with enough RPM the alternator will
operate all the systems and everything will seem normal. If the RPM drop and the
battery tries to supply the systems, those few strands will get hot and smelly
in a hurry.
SOBill Taylor
sobill at aol.com
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