Re: Electrical Glitch, is this bad??? (quite long)

[specialtauto@xxxx]

Jan, If I was going to use light bulbs instead of LED's or some other 
solid state lighting, I would use another relay and wire. Double the 
current draw on a switch may be a little to much, especially if your 
on the brake longer than you want to be some time.
John Hervey
www.specialTauto.com




--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jan van de Wouw <Jan@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Since my daily driver (an old Ford Escort) has a fuel leak I 
decided to take my
> DeLorean to the movies this evening, everything went fine untill I 
got halfway
> back home...
> I had to use my High beams to signal someone from the opposit 
direction, as I
> did this, my Radio cut off, the Tach mad a full 360 spin and the 
engine
> heldback, followed immediately by a backfire (logical I guess, 
probably no spark...).
> As I didn't trust this I tried the Highs several times more and it 
did exactly
> the same, voltage dropped to about 8 Volt, then rose back to 11, at 
this point
> the radio came back on and the high beams stayed on as they should, 
releasing
> the switch only made the voltage go back up to 13, signalling made 
it drop again...
> 
> When I was at home I parked my car and tried it again several 
times, both at
> idle as well as with some throttle (about 1500rpm, couldn't revv 
too much: it
> was 23.30h allready) stayed the same, so I'd thought I'd check 
tomorrow. Put out
> the lights, released the throttle and turned the ignition off.
> This made hell brake loose... Well actually just my alarmsystem 
going off, but a
> 120dB siren in between houses makes a lot of noise! I finally got 
the alarm to
> shut up (I HATE emergency-powered sirens), drove out of town -so I 
wouldn't get
> into a fight with the neigbourhood- and tried all again.
> NOTHING!!! Everything worked as it should, alarm, locks, tach, 
lights, EVERYTHING...
> 
> I'm totally at a loss what this could be of could have been. I know 
(I've read
> the manual) the alarm probably went off because of the voltage-
drop: this is a
> tamper-protection in case anyone tries to disconnect the battery or 
siren. I did
> not see the BATT-light come on (light is in working order) and I DO 
have power
> from the alternator: my voltages rises and drops with the RPMs.
> The battery has power since even with the siren going off the 
remote on the
> alarm still worked and I was able to start right away (when trying 
to get away
> from an angry neigbour (he's an ^&%$^#%# anyway, so I don't really 
care about
> him, but even more what he might do to my car)).
> Turning the ignition to I made the alarm shut up (the way it is 
supposed to
> according to the manual).
> 
> So, what do I know?
> - the car seems OK, since everything works now.
> - my alarmsystem works the way it is supposed to.
> - the battery connections are in place and firmly seated
> - I HATE the sound of my siren and makes my ears hurt ;-)
> - The tach can spin over 360 degrees without breaking...
> - there is SOMETHING WRONG, but I don't know what or why!!!
> 
> This last one is my trouble; does anyone have any idea what could 
have or can
> cause this?
> I really need to know this: I didn't dare put on the alarm after 
the argue I had
> with the guy from across the street, so I put a surveilance cam on 
it, but
> that's not an ideal situation...
> 
> Please help, where should I check first?
> 
> Thanks in advance, hope I can get some sleep after this.
> 
> JAN van de Wouw
> Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
> Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...
> 
> #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000
> 
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