I always wondered why it worked that way. I remember listening to the
radio (or my Uncle's Beatles 8-track) in the car for a long time using
that technique. ... he always wondered why the battery was half
discharged when he left ;)
Michael
michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Atwell Haines [SMTP:carbuff@nac.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 4:43 AM
> To: DANMAS@aol.com; moag@ix.netcom.com; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Strange Electrical Phenomena
>
> At 11:09 PM 10/19/98 EDT, DANMAS@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >Atwell,
> >
> >You did well!
>
> Thanks <blush> I resisted throwing the Lucas Smoke Theory in there...
>
> >You turn on
> the hazard flasher, but you didn't turn off the turn signal.
> Immediately, the
> wipers, fan, and the radio start pulsing on and off. I had a '68
> Plymouth
> >that would do just that. The designers added hazard flashers as part
> of the
> >Governments regulations, but didn't think to isolate them. These
> were
> >Chrysler designers, not Lucas!
>
> I had one 'o' those Plymouths... if you wanted to listen to the radio
> without the ignition on, you threw the flashers and turn signal on,
> stepped
> on the brake (to stop them from flashing), and listened to your
> 'tunes'!
> Kind of handy in that way. Foot got tired after a song or two, though.
>
> Atwell Haines
> "Dammit Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a Mechanic!" - "Bones" McCoy, Star Trek
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