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Originally Posted by 36tudordeluxe
Professor, BTW enjoy your travel logs, hooking up test light from pos.post to pos. cable produces no light at all. I do have a quartz conversion clock, but this condition existed before I got the clock; I have an electronic ignition, no condenser.
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Originally Posted by 36tudordeluxe
Think I may have isolated the problem and owe an apology to those who suggested a diode as the culprit.............maybe. When I remove the fuse for the clock the positive cable no longer sparks when hooking up. Do quartz converted clocks have diodes in them? This clock was just done by Williamson's. Can I use my meter from fuse panel connection to the power lead from the clock; what setting do I set my meter on and what value should the readout be?
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If a test light won't light between the battery cable and post, you don't have a drain on the battery. The little spark caused by the clock isn't a sign of a drain enough to kill the battery. It would take years for a clock to kill a battery. Same for a relay solenoid.
I think it's time you check your battery with a battery test apparatus like they will hook up for you at NAPA or AutoZone, etc. I'm thinking that's your problem myself.