Lucas!! All you need to know and more!
- Thread starter Pilkie
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pilkie said:
I much prefer the haynes page, which is linked at the bottom of the Lucas one, especially the tool section.
j_radcliffe
Active Member
I explained to my flying instructor once how Lucas Electrics worked, and laughed his arse off. He is an electrical engineer.
All that is said is true about the electricity being conducted by smoke. For a few years I would occasionally get the odd puff of smoke would come out of my indicator switch, when indicating a right turn. Then one day lots of smoke came out, then the smoked stopped and my indicators no longer worked. I installed a new switch, which was completely filled with smoke I would assume, and then I had indicators again.
James.
All that is said is true about the electricity being conducted by smoke. For a few years I would occasionally get the odd puff of smoke would come out of my indicator switch, when indicating a right turn. Then one day lots of smoke came out, then the smoked stopped and my indicators no longer worked. I installed a new switch, which was completely filled with smoke I would assume, and then I had indicators again.
James.
ghce
Well-Known Member
Intriguing but true 
however not all systems are based on Lucas, it should be noted that american systems seem to be different this can be seen on television programs such as Startrek where even the most simple electrical activity ie shooting up aliens or going to warp speed in a solar storm will induce clouds of not smoke but sparks and fire and the need for fire extinguishers. So I guess Lucas systems cant be too bad, your car gets full of smoke and thats your lot, with american systems you run the risk of the whole car catching fire :shock:
Graeme
however not all systems are based on Lucas, it should be noted that american systems seem to be different this can be seen on television programs such as Startrek where even the most simple electrical activity ie shooting up aliens or going to warp speed in a solar storm will induce clouds of not smoke but sparks and fire and the need for fire extinguishers. So I guess Lucas systems cant be too bad, your car gets full of smoke and thats your lot, with american systems you run the risk of the whole car catching fire :shock: Graeme