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Originally Posted by Mitch//pa
The model A electrical system is essentially a single circuit with different branches... If a short happened anywhere's in the circuit the car would lose spark and shut down.
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I should probably explain why I'm looking into a fused system.
Yesterday on a drive, the cockpit started filling with smoke. Engine still running fine. I pulled to the side, shut off the engine (which was still running), got out and opened the driver's side of the hood. The wires at the left front corner of the radiator were on fire. I was able to put the fire out, and determined that the wire from the generator to the horn/light switch had shorted out and started the fire. Direct short, but the car did not loose spark and shut down.
I'm just wondering if the normal fuse between the starter and the terminal box would have prevented the fire. It seems to me like it wouldn't since even if if it had a fuse and the fuse blew, that the generator would continue to output.
(BTW, what's an EVR? Do Model A's have one or would this be an add on?)