<div dir="ltr">Did you leave some potatos in the car where they could turn into a battery? I never did that one when I was a kid but heard about it...<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font face="Arial">Not full disclosure, but I will say that I got +0.5V out
of the cigarette lighter when it was disconnected from all but the dash
hole. But there was no voltage from the dash, itself. the most
obvious explanation was that its internal components made a battery. Not
a lie, but even I am not nutty enough to swallow that
one.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">After solving the problem, I decided to take a celebratory
drive in my running Spridget. It has been running fine. In
fact, I was pleased that it started right up after sitting three months.
Of course, on that day, i</font><font face="Arial">t would not start - a weak
connection at the solenoid, which sounded like a weak battery.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Michael Rowe</font></div>
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<div>Loose nut on the steering wheel? :-)<br><br>Sent from my
keyboard</div>
<div><br>On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>>
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<div><font face="Arial">Do I have to admit what I found wrong?
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<div><font face="Arial">Michael Rowe</font></div></div></blockquote>
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