[DeTomaso] Dead on the Road

[Will Kooiman]

Maybe it was due to my fans.  I have dual SPAL fans.  The temp switch in the
radiator recently went out, so they're wired to come on with the key-on.
They have relays to the battery.  Maybe there's enough juice flowing from
the alternator to the fans to heat up the insulation.

It wasn't smoking or anything.  I didn't see any black insulation.  I could
smell it though.

Will.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of SOBill at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:17 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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