[DeTomaso] Dead on the Road

[bill gaino]

On my car I added a 3rd wire that feeds a fuse block with about 8 moderen fused circuts. I use these for stuff I have added, stereo amp, manual fans for a/c and the secondary sucker in front, MSd box, tach adapter, and timing control module. This keeps the new and heavy loads off the original wiring. Will, Loose connections can happen at any time to anybody on an old car. I swear this is true... I opened my hood while the car had been parked for a week and at that very moment the battery disconect switch just fell apart for no reason and with no load on it. I also keep a 10 foot strand of #10 wire next to my vice grips in the travel kit too!
-----Original Message-----
>From: SOBill at aol.com
>Sent: Apr 15, 2007 1:16 AM
>To: wkooiman at earthlink.net, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dead on the Road
>
>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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