<VV> Electrical Question

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 I'd use an old headlight in series with the battery. You can't burn it out, and you'll know immediately when you found the draw. And don't forget, a shorted positive diode in the alternator will do this. 





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: Barry Gershenfeld <gbarry42 at gmail.com>

To: virtualvairs at corvair.org

Sent: Fri, 1 May 2009 4:08 pm

Subject: Re: <VV> Electrical Question













On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:28 PM, FrankCB <frankcb at aol.com> wrote:



> Bob,

>     I'd instead suggest putting an ammeter (or DMM) in series with the

> cable and





Frank "Voltmeter" Burkhard to the rescue!  Now the poor man's version:

Tailights, brake lights, headlights, (one at a time),  in series with the

battery connection.  If you can light a headlight that way, you do have a

heavy drain somewhere.



I once had an experience like this, but it was just the dome light since I

had the door open.  The sparks were bigger than I expected, but I just

didn't realize how much noise you could make with 1 amp or so.  You didn't

really quantify your sparks.  Also, any modern electronics installed might

have capacitors that would draw a lot upon initial connection.



Late model...  So much for the stuck cutout relay theory. <g>

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