Category: Street Rod Wiring
The National Voltage Star

How to wire a car

The wiring of a vehicle is the central nervous system, get it right and you will have a many years of enjoyment, get it wrong and you will not - its that simple. Having said that this is not rocket science, you can wire your car, even if you have never done it before.  People […]

RUSH POWER SYSTEMS TECH TIPS 5/09

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Technology is funny, I am mobile & my cell phone is my business line. Last month it went south on me on a Friday morning, rather than opting for the loaner I decided to take the weekend off. What a nice quite relaxing weekend, then came Monday afternoon, I was slammed with calls asking […]

Save a dead battery and find electrical problems

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I am frequently asked how I come up with the topics that I cover here, usually it involves 2 hours of staring at the computer on the day it is due, but this time is different. This one was inspired by my two daughters, each one has a Jeep. […]

708 Tech Article, What to do about gas prices?

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If you are easily offended skip this, you have been warned. The gloves are coming off, hockey style (by the way, respect the mighty Red Wings). I research a topic, find out both sides, and see how something works. Here is my solution to the gas price problem, give […]

More fun with diodes and latching solenoids as well.

All right, first off my apologies to everyone looking for the tech article in the last MSRN, our moving day was on the first and the mailing dead line was the 5th. Well I was swamped and slow the get the postage computer up. Now in my demented head I was thinking that a $.41 […]

Free listing for car shows? What a great idea.

I don’t usually promote sites other than our own but when I was approached by the owners of this site and asked to advertise I thought it was such a great idea that I decided to list it here. If you live in the mountain west region or you like to travel to car shows, […]

RELAYS, SWITCHES, & DIODES

RELAYS, SWITCHES, & DIODES

 
So I was talking with a janitor who builds street rods when he is not cleaning things, in the conversation Dick says
 ”that car has too may relays” WHAT?!?
you know there is a reason I don’t do janitorial work - its because I
don’t know the first thing about it.
Many modern cars and trucks […]

One wire alternator works at 500 RPM

Are you tired of your street rod alternator not charging at idle? do you hate the fact that you need to rev the engine to get it to turn on? well we can fix this for you. through breakthrough technology we can make your street rod alternator charge at very low rpm’s, normally about 500 […]

ALTERNATORS

An alternator makes its power in AC volts, the power passes through a rectifier assembly that converts it to DC. The entire process is controlled by the regulator. The worst enemy of an alternator is heat, so the worst thing you can do is chrome it. Polished alternatorswill not hold in the heat like chrome […]