Re: Battery going dead

Posted by Peter Hartmann On 2008/11/3 15:17:14

Packard did not offer trunk lights prior to the 40's. So you can rule that out.

Packard bought clocks for its cars prior to the 1940's, that DID NOT RE WIND. They did not RE WIND because they had no mechanism to RE WIND. The reason they had no mechaniscm to RE WIND, is because they didnt need it. They were "capacitive discharge" type, that got a teenie weenie "jolt" with each movement of the escape wheel, so you guys with the post-war Packards, who are familiar with the magnet-powered over-center re-wind arm, would not know about this.

Bottom line - the only useful comment in here is the guy who wants to put a VERY small light bulb in series with the battery cables. THAT will tell you if there is a "drain", however small. Even the smallest "drain" load will cause a VERY tiny light bulb's filment to show a "load".