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JW wrote:
Guy, maybe the reason your radio is not working is because the Packard was converted to negative ground and the radio vibrator requires positive ground. I understand that you can have a negative ground vibrator installed. This vibrator ground requirement was explained to me when I converted my '55 Clipper Super to negative ground. Since the radio was not working it may have been left on and drew current to discharge the battery? .......... I don't think your Packard is haunted, just a convergence of coincidences.
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Very good point if the radio was converted to a solid state vibrator. They are polarity sensitive. If not switched and still has the old mechanical style vibrator, then your car or radio generally doesn't care about polarity. About the only notice a driver might see if switched would be if the generator didn't charge or if present, an amp meter read backwards.
In the case of the mechanical vibrator one or both of the internal contacts in the vibrator could be burned or oxidized & the thing can't start. If it doesn't start vibrating to alternately switch the flow thru the transformer, then silence and no voltage to power the rest of the radio -- but still a current drain. You just don't hear anything to let you know.
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