E-type déjà vu. The second rebuild
Discussion
If modern cut-offs come with a bypass circuit then there must be a reason, but I'm struggling to see what the point is if the bypass runs all the low-level stuff that gradually drains the battery when you're not using the car. Surely killing all that stuff is why one wants a cut-off?
Lowtimer said:
If modern cut-offs come with a bypass circuit then there must be a reason, but I'm struggling to see what the point is if the bypass runs all the low-level stuff that gradually drains the battery when you're not using the car. Surely killing all that stuff is why one wants a cut-off?
They're anti-theft devices rather than something to stop all current drain. Runs stuff that needs a constant power feed (clock, radio memory..) but stops the car from being started.
Not mine, it isn't. Put the meter across the two terminals when disconnected and it showed zero. The clock was well out, as could be imagined, but I have a feeling that perhaps a slight current passed over the cut-out. It was of course, with the Carcoon, kept on charge all winter. It is a cut-out, not something that feeds imaginary things such as anti-theft, radio memory (?) and modern stuff. All it does is to avoid the necessity of unscrewing the battery terminal before wintering, which is perhaps why my battery is fine after 10 years. But for the rest, there isn't anything!
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