[DeTomaso] Best place to hook up a new circuit

[CoatesR8 at aol.com]

I agree with you on that one Thaoms, but when you consider how often we use 
 the lights on a Pantera , especially when the engine is not running, I 
still  think that it makes little difference where it is connected to. The 
important  thing is that it is fused.
 
Roger.
 
 
In a message dated 23/07/2012 11:48:51 GMT Daylight Time, guson at home.se  
writes:

Contrary to what many think the battery is not the main source of power  in 
a car. It's the alternator. If you hook up a load to the battery post you  
feed the load from the alternator via the ammeter when the engine is running 
 which is suboptimal. If you hook it up to the fuse box you feed the load  
directly from the alternator when the engine is running and from the battery 
 via the ammeter when the engine is not running.
 
Tomas (filling in for Thomas ;-) )

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From: Roger [coatesr8 at aol.com]

Sent: 23/7/2012 7:42:14 AM

To: thomas

Cc: CharlesMcCall,

Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Best place to hook up a new circuit



Surely if you understand electrics Thomas, you can perhaps explain  what 
the difference is between a fused link direct from the battery, and a  fused 
link from the fuse box ( which incidentally connects to the  battery)

Roger

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On 22 Jul 2012,  at 23:43, thomas <thomas at hax.se> wrote:

> Anyone recommending  hooking up a power drain directly to the battery of 
a Pantera, or any car with  an ammeter, has no clue about automotive 
electrics.
> 
> Unless it  is a starter, or a drain only used while stationary, it is 
just plain  wrong.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 22 jul 2012 kl. 17:25 skrev  "CharlesMcCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Hi  all
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The now-famous Loire  Valley Tour participants were kind enough to chip 
in
>> and buy us a  set of Xenon lights for my Pantera.
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> I saw these installed on Roger Coates' GT5-S 2 years ago, and was  
struck by
>> the difference in light output - every time we went  through a tunnel, I
>> could tell which car was his without glancing  twice - it put out a lot 
of
>> light. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> (as a side-note, it is interesting to note the  hand-made nature of this
>> car... taking off the headlight trim  pieces, they are held in place by a
>> simple drilled-and-tapped  hole. The splash shield in FRONT of the front
>> tires - some of the  nuts are installed nut-side out, and others 
bolt-side
>> out. Maybe  this was done by someone else along the way, but I can't 
think of
>>  any reason why a mechanic would have done that under my care. The  
passenger
>> side and drivers side are different, so I assume it was  whim when 
assembling
>> the car in the factory. Kind of hard to see,  but here's the front of 
the car
>> with the splash shield  removed:
>> 
>> _http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36721_ 
(http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36721) 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> On the back of the splash shield is the  air-horn, stock on this car, as 
seen
>> here:
>>  
>> _http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36718_ 
(http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36718) 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Anyway, I digress. I need to hook up  the xenon lights to a 12v source, 
and
>> according to the directions  I should hook it right up to the battery. 
It has
>> its own 25amp  fuse, but there seems something a little primitive about
>> running a  wire directly to the battery for each new circuit I want to 
add. 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Electrical people out there - what's  your recommendation? The cable is
>> rather short and I don't have a  lot of room... hook it directly to the
>> battery, or ??
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Charles McCall
>>  Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera  #9375
>>  <http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323>
>> _http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323_ 
(http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323) 
>>  
>> 
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