[Healeys] Starter electrical issues

[Michael Oritt]

"Give the poor switch time to recover. "
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Better to give it a decent burial.  There are plenty of switches available
including ones that ground the alternator when the circuit is killed.  I
replaced my switch with a Hella unit years ago and put it in the positive
cable to the starter, thus providing a way of shutting off current from the
battery to the rest of the car.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 3:37 PM Roland Wilhelmy via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> The battery switch is on the light duty side but it must carry the full
> starting current. I can imagine that the terminals inside the switch get
> hot and warp just a bit disconnecting the battery. Then if given a chance
> to cool the terminals return to make connection once more.
>
> Side note: Roger Moment recommends limiting the length of time running the
> starter when firing up a newly rebuilt engine and getting oil pressure,
> etc. Give the poor switch time to recover.
>
> -Roland
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 11:53 AM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> The starter balking is understandable--at least, intuitively--but all
>> the other electricals ceasing to work isn't (assuming the battery is
>> still connected). After all, this isn't a modern car with a PCM, ECU,
>> etc; we're just talking copper wire here. My folks' Lincoln would die
>> when one of the CoPs would put a voltage spike on its primary lead,
>> which would knock the PCM out cold. No such silliness in a Healey.
>>
>> Just to be contrarian, maybe the starter is causing a dead short, somehow?
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/2022 4:41 AM, Bob Begani via Healeys wrote:
>> > Perry, the ground is negative.  From comments made by others am just
>> going to replace the ground strap and with serrated washers so they dig
>> into the metal especially on the frame.  Will keep all advised.
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Perry
>> Small via Healeys
>> > Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 7:32 PM
>> > To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: [Healeys] Starter electrical issues
>> >
>> > Bob
>> > Is it possible that the after market high torque starter that you are
>> using is set up for negative ground only? For a contact type starter like
>> the original Lucas, it doesn’t care but perhaps your replacement unit has
>> protection built in.
>> > P
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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