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Originally Posted by Capt Kirk
Jseery...didn't get yours either
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I'll just post it here, PM doesn't seem to be working.
"Antique automotive electrical systems do not run on their battery, they run on their generator all the time. EXCEPT when the engine slows down to idle for a stop and then the cutout relay releases and the car runs on the battery. If the ammeter is going up to it's highest position the battery is taking that in as a charge. It should, and will, go away after a few miles as the battery charges up and the remaining amps showing will once again be what the car needs to run. It's like a "Y". The generator at the one end and the car's running load at the other end and the battery at the remaining end. The cutout is in series with the generator end. If it wasn't there then the generator would just keep pumping current into the other end, the battery and the car's load, as required and all would be fine. The only problem is when the engine slows down or is stopped altogether, the battery will try to put it's charged current right back into the generator's windings. Hence the full name of the cutout "Reverse Current Cut Out". It performs no other function but to stop the battery from "seeing" the generator as a dump to ground."