<VV> elec. short - shut off "switch"

[Charlie]

Yup, that's what I said, that it opens the circuit when the top is "full up" and 30 amps will quickly overheat the switch.

If you know your car, then you know to let go of the "top up" switch when the header contacts the windshield frame header.

If you are NOT quick enough, the excess current heats the switch and open the circuit.

Very simple really (and very "homemade" looking), 

Charlie

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From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Carlton via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 7:25 PM
To: 'Charlie'; 'Bryan Blackwell'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> elec. short

Charlie and Bryan,

What you are talking about next to the battery is a 30 amp circuit breaker for the top motor. Only opens if you hold the top up/down switch too long when putting the top down or up. There is no switch that something mechanical about the top in the up or down position shuts off the motor. The circuit breaker does appear in the 1965 Corvair GM Assembly Manual and a complete circuit schematic is in the Fisher body manual. Nothing about that circuit breaker which could cause a battery drain. But there is a relay on the side of the top motor that is got stuck might. However, I would think the circuit breaker would kick out.

 Carlton Smith
 Indianapolis, In
 Circle City Corvairs
 1965 Corsa convertible turbo




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From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Charlie via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:01 PM
To: 'Bryan Blackwell'
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Subject: Re: <VV> elec. short

Bryan,

Yep, that's what I remember to!

See my other longer explanation, while I dig through my brain, CC's and CQs and old manuals for my notes.

Charlie


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From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 6:54 PM
To: Bruce Alexander
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> elec. short

On May 6, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Bruce Alexander via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> I recently acquired a very nice 65 Monza Convertible. Rubs and looks 
> good.BUT. When put away for the night, it will not start in the 
> morning due to a dead battery. ( sometimes!) After isolating and 
> checking all the circuits in the fuse box I found nothing wrong. Still 
> had a voltage draw running down the battery By chance, I found that 
> when I shut down for the day, with the top left down, the battery 
> would drain. When I quit with the top left up, I still had good 
> battery in the morning. ( Power Top) Does anyone have a clue what 
> might be causing to run the battery down when the top is left down 
> overnight but not when it is left up?. ...,Bruce Alexander

Fairly sure I recall a limit switch setup on the top with a relay in the engine compartment right near the battery.  The fact that the drain goes away with the top up would lead me to look at that system.

—Bryan
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