Stephen:
I can't say whether there is any validity to the belief that the clock will
draw more current just because the battery is draining, but a general
best-practice is to disconnect the battery any time the car will be out of
service for an extended period. A separate kill switch just for the clock is
not warranted...use a kill switch on the battery instead.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: stephen jones [mailto:joness@wsu.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:51 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Clock ground
The CAT dash wiring diagram shows the ground for the electric clock coming
off one of the clamp posts. Is this where people run their ground from?
Also I read somewhere that a 2 amp fuse is better than the recommended 10
because what kills a clock is a dying battery. I don't quite understand
how it works but the thing that I read (off a web site on dash clocks,
which I have since lost the location of) said that as the battery goes down
it fries the windings in the clock. It went on to say that a 2 amp would
blow under the lower volts. Does this make sense? It also seems to make
sense then to put a kill switch for the clock under the dash somewhere so
if the car is laid up for a length of time you can flick the juice to the
clock off.
jones, B9470867
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