> The Prince of Darkness has hit. 1956 TR3 with only a thousand miles on it
> since a rebuild. Starts and runs great, battery gets charged by the
> generator. Turn the halogen lights on at night and run down the
> road and it
> works fine. Come to a stop, car idles at 600 rpm, lights dim and about 1
> minute later the whole electrical system shuts down. No power to lights,
> starter, etc. Wait about 5 minutes and it restores itself, starts
> right up.
> Any ideas?
Do the horns work when everything else is shut down ? If so, I would be
most suspicious of the control box. Next time it happens, hop out with your
handy voltmeter (you DO carry a DVM?) and check for 12v to ground at both
the A and A1 terminals. If one has power and the other doesn't, the control
box is definitely bad.
Be careful though, the terminals may be hot enough to burn you.
Randall
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