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Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:35 pmby bloodknock
I kneel at the foot of the font of all Lotus wisdom again........71 Elan Sprint stripped nearly 40 years ago, now under rebuild. All parts packaged and stored at stripdown, but forgot to identify this object... any clues????
My guess, RFI Inductance for radio feed, any one got a better idea?
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:59 pmby billwill
Beats me, I've not seen one of those before.
It could be as you say a radio interference choke. if so it is likely to have a ferrite rod in there.
Or it could be the ballast dropper resistor for an ignition coil of a Ballasted ignition coil system, but if so I would expect it to get a bit hot and that does not look like heat resistant cover.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:34 amby john.p.clegg
It's an in line something (male on one end,female on other),do you have a meter?
John
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:51 amby rgh0
Braided wires and what looks like coaxial plugs makes me think something to do with the radio antenna system do you have matching plugs / wires on anything else?
regards
Rohan
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:02 amby john.p.clegg
Sorry Rohan but they're not coax , just spade terminals...
John
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:55 amby lotusfan
Try measuring the resistance with a multimeter, if it is much higher in one direction than the other it stands a chance of being a diode.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:04 amby AlfaLofa
bloodknock wrote:My guess, RFI Inductance for radio feed
I think you are right - I bought one yesterday and it looks somewhat similar to your gizmo.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:36 pmby bloodknock
Resistance 1.8 ohms both directions. Male spade one end, female at the other. Looks more andmore like a choke to me, unless someone knows better.......
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:03 pmby AHM
a fuse holder
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:43 amby bloodknock
No way into it. Its a moulded assembly, surely a fuse would accessible to change?
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:17 amby AHM
In the photo it looks like there is a slot cut into it at either end.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:51 pmby Jeff@Jae
Add on inline fuse ? I remember new +2s had several of those in a bag along with a bunch of Nylok nuts as part of the PDI when prepping those cars for the showroom.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:39 pmby bloodknock
There is a fine slot but there appears to be no way into it. Ive tried limited gentle persuasion shot of destroying the thing. Ive passed progressively increasing current through it up to 30A (briefly)
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:49 pmby billwill
bloodknock wrote:There is a fine slot but there appears to be no way into it. Ive tried limited gentle persuasion shot of destroying the thing. Ive passed progressively increasing current through it up to 30A (briefly)
Maybe it is a fuse & you just replace the whole thing, connectors and all, if the fuse blows.
Re: Its electrical but What the hell is it?????
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Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:42 amby john.p.clegg
A fuse with a resistance of 1.8 Ohms???
In-line choke for the radio.
John