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Cory's mysterious relay

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Cory's mysterious relay
From: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 92 15:33:08 -0400
Cory C. writes:
> There's also an alternator *rely* that appears in the schematics, and
> which I *believe* I've located, next to the regulator, but the manual
> doesn't give any troubleshooting information on it, or even describe its
> function.             

        Could this be used to prime the alternator on start-up?
(alternators don't have permanent magnets, so they need a priming
current to establish the magnetic field)

Woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu


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