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Old 05-17-2020, 03:57 PM   #13
shew01
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Default Re: Need Help in Identifying Location of Short

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Originally Posted by Jacksonlll View Post
If you are drawing that much current, then something is getting warm or even hot. Look for it. Usual suspects are: lights, including the brake light, generator trying to motor, short down stream of coil, Some little wire getting very hot. Good luck.

I started looking for something warm, and it turns out the coil is warm.

Here is something else odd. With the cutoff power “on,” and the ignition key “on,” I get 6 volts to the moving point arm when the points are open, as expected. However, under the same scenario, but with the ignition key “off,” I get still get .3 volts on the moving point arm.


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