[Healeys] Starting (cut off switch)

Stephen Hutchings s.hutchings at rogers.com
Mon Jun 25 11:48:44 MDT 2012


I guess we haven't quite beaten it to death, because when you say 
"If the cable running from the switch to ground was not properly 
installed"...what exactly is it that people do wrong?

Stephen, BJ8

>Just to finally beat this subject to death...
>The original Lucas Master Switches had a major weakness.
>If the cable running from the switch to ground was not properly installed
>all the starter current passed through the conical wire spring that
>provides pressure to the main contacts when the switch is closed (on).
>This current would heat the spring to red hot and it would loose all its
>tension.
>Once that happened the switch was pretty well useless.
>
>--
>Michael Salter


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