oops, you are going the wrong way. You need to go to a smaller number, like 2.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
richard bonilla wrote:
>
> hummm...i will take another look at the connections...and upgrade
> my cable to at least a 6 gauge...any reason not to jump to the
> next bigger gauge...say 8?...
>
> richard / colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vic Whitmore" <vicwhit@home.com>
> To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
> Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <richard@bonilla.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: 79 spit starter meltdown..?
>
> > I have my doubts that the there is a real problem here with Spitfire
> starters in
> > general.
> >
> > Could it be that a loose or partially corroded terminal (internal or
> external)
> > resulted in an ohmic contact?. With the very high current load of starting
> > passing through this small resistance, significant heat will build up.
> > Components that would not normally melt with clean connections may melt
> even
> > after a short 15 to 30 second cranking. Hence as "good" starter can be
> abused at
> > times without any damage but a "poor" starter with ohmic connections will
> > self-destruct earlier than expected.
> >
> > Vic Whitmore
> > 76 Spitfire
> > Thornhill, Ontario
> >
> > Nolan Penney wrote:
> > >
> > > 10 seconds on, but how long off? It should be 15-30 minutes to allow
> > > a good cooling down. Now of course, none of us actually do that.
> > > We crank and crank and crank, hoping that the motor will act enough
> > > like a heat sink to allow us to get away with it. Often times you can,
> > > sometimes you cannot. Most starter motors will allow you to
> > > get away with upwards of a solid minute of cranking before
> > > self destructing in a terminal manner. But this does not mean
> > > that all starter motors will do this.
> > >
> > > I will say that my Spitfire has tolerated upwards of 30 seconds
> > > solid cranking time, with burst after that giving nearly a minute
> > > of cranking time. Nothing has melted down in the process,
> > > but I do understand I'm breaking down insulation in the process
> > > and cutting my motors life short doing this.
> > >
> > > To actually melt the plastic housing the hot post sits in, I'd
> > > speculate that you were cranking...shall we say enthusiastically
> > > and excessively? :-)
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