[TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
Brian Kemp
bk13 at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 30 19:00:27 MDT 2020
If anyone does not know what a battery disconnect is, here is a sample:
https://www.harborfreight.com/battery-disconnect-switch-97853.html
It goes on the negative post and the cable then connects to the switch.
Unscrew the know a little and you disconnect the circuit. Take it all
the way out and you now have a theft deterrent to the casual car thief.
My TR6 has a slow drain - about a month before the battery gets too low
without the disconnect. My GT6 is only good for less than a week
without the disconnect.
Highly recommend adding one to your old cars.
Brian
On 9/30/2020 11:03 AM, Geo Hahn wrote:
> X3 on disconnecting the battery when not in use. I just leave the
> clamp loose enough that I can pull it off.
>
> "Now considering the design of these vehicles, there is quite an array
> of wiring that sits 'live' all the time, many unfused."
>
> That is why I have also installed fusible links on the brown wire and
> white wire circuits.
>
> Without those links the 'fuse' is your wiring loom. If you ever smell
> one burning... it is a scent that stays in your memory.
>
> Geo
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 8:48 AM <ptegler at verizon.net
> <mailto:ptegler at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>
> Here Here!
> In 2004 I had a dozen of so people in my garage, rebuilding 6-8
> transmissions in a group tech session. One fellow (without a
> tranny in hand) simply drove up in his Triumph for the day's
> event. One question he posed during the day to those in
> attendance, was what might be draining his battery when the car
> was just sitting for a week or so.
> We all told him to just put a battery cut-off switch in to be
> safe, at least until he figured out his long standing battery issue.
>
> Fast forward to 2010? - 2012? time frame...we (our gang) get an
> email telling of the demise of his car and his exit from the hobby.
> As the story goes, he heard a loud crack from the garage
> (attached). Upon opening the kitchen/garage door, he was met with
> thick acrid black smoke that instantly filled the kitchen/house.
> both his Triumph and wife's SUV were engulfed in flames. The
> smoke in the house was bad enough that it killed his two
> large amazon parrots. Needless to say building damage as well as
> the loss of two cherished pets and two motor vehicles was enough
> for the wife to say "you're done! no more cars!"
>
>
> Now considering the design of these vehicles, there is quite an
> array of wiring that sits 'live' all the time, many unfused. A
> little vibration and chaffing can easily reduce insulation
> thickness etc. Cracked and brittle jackets... the list goes on.
>
> IT CAN NOT BE STATED UNEQUIVICABLY ENOUGH..... INSTALL A BATTERY
> CUT-OFF.
>
> If for no other reason, the simplicity of safely working on the
> car as needed,.... theft deterrent, etc.
> If for a good reason, peace of mind, and the story above. (yes
> true story above..from someone that DID 'have a clue' about what
> he was doing.)
>
> ptegler
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dave <dave at ranteer.com <mailto:dave at ranteer.com>>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 30, 2020 8:08 am
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
>
> We have battery cutoff switches on all our cars. Given the dicey
> electrics on these cars I think it’s a pretty important thing to
> do. Pretty much every time we walk away from the car we disconnect it.
>
> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> <mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net>> *On Behalf Of *Will Daehler
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:17 PM
> *To:* triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [TR] TR4 Ignitions switch AUX vs.ON
>
> OK, I have in the past inadvertently left my key in the ON
> position. For days and days. The result was a burned out coil and
> points which I was forced to replace before the car started again.
> This made me look hard and long at my fifty year old ignition
> switch. Although there was a contact available for AUX on the back
> of the switch, and it was certainly wired correctly, there didn’t
> seem to be a AUX key position. There appeared to be only three
> positions, Start, On and Off. Three clicks, not four. I was able
> to create a momentary and intermittent AUX effect by twisting the
> key hard to the left and firmly holding it there, the radio would
> come on.
>
> It eventually occurred to me that the switch was worn out, and so
> I replaced it with a new one. Voila, I now have an AUX function,
> and can now listen to the radio at leisure without burning out the
> ignition circuits. This replacement switch also has the feature
> where you have to push the key in slightly when simultaneously
> turning the key to the AUX position.
>
> Faithfully submitted,
>
> Will Daehler
>
> 63 TR4
>
> Powder Blue
>
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