Recent content by RichBooth

My vehicle came to me in semi-disassembled state. There is a single brake light on the rear, driver's side, with a short wire tail that appears to be cut off. There are no wires anywhere towards the back beyond the battery. I want to install a brake light switch and have read all about what can...

The pop up switch fell apart and has been replaced with an on off switch. One leg of the switch goes to the 6v positive on the starter and the other goes to the points. I attached the relay to the normally open side that connects when the switch is on. It works fine when not running. It...

Sometimes just writing things down goes a long way to solving the problem. Placed on the “Super Spider Man Thinking Cap” and decided to see if the generator is, well... generating. It is. Open circuit about 21v. That lead me to think the problem must be in the mystery device called a “cut out”...

@badpuppy At the risk of getting slightly off topic, but a valid conversation, my boost converter is isolated from ground, and the headlight switch is isolated, as well. I believe I should be able to run the booster without issue. Booster Lens LED

@rotorwrench @joe k Have not installed anything but a 6v relay that energizes when the key is “on”. One leg of the coil goes to ground (+6v) and the other to negative stud on starter. The plan is to use that relay to turn on a 6v to 12v converter that will power the headlights. Before I...

My Model A Ammeter always bounced into charging when the engine was running at medium idle or better. The other day, I noticed it never went above zero. When running, battery voltage seems to stay at 6.15v Since noticing that I added a 6v relay in anticipation of adding 12v LED headlamps. The...