No car content, but it seems to give insight to some problems with
Lucas elictrical systems. . .
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This story was related by Pat Routledge of Winnepeg, Ontario about a repair
call he handled while living in England.
It's common practice in England to ring a telephone by signaling extra
voltage across one side of the two wire circuit and ground (earth in England).
When the subscriber answers the phone, it switches to the two wire circuit
for the conversation. This method allows two parties on the same line to be
signalled without disturbing each other.
Anyway, an elderly lady with several pets called to say that her
telephone failed to ring when her friends called; and that on the few
occasions when it did ring her dog always barked first. Pat proceeded
to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog.
He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the
subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring. He tried again. The dog barked
loudly, followed by a ringing telephone. Climbing down from the pole, Pat
found:
a. A dog was tied to the telephone system's ground post via an iron
chain and collar.
b. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signalling current.
c. After several such jolts, the dog would start barking and urinating
on the ground.
d. The wet ground now completed the circuit and the phone would ring.
Which shows that you that some problems can be fixed by just pissing on them.
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