Date:         Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:41:04 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Possible...Overheating
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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At 03:20 PM 4/23/2013, mark drillock wrote:
>pressure warning light had never been a problem before. Having no
>working warning light coincide with forgetting to install an oil filter

Ow!  That has to smart.

Another lesser gotcha of running without the panel is that the
alternator won't be stimulated to begin charging.  I don't know
whether an alternator will ever self-start, but normally the warning
light circuit supplies a tickler current to the field coil to create
a small initial magnetic field that is then bootstrapped as the
output voltage starts rising (I know you know that, Mark).

Yrs,
d