Ever wondered about the mysteries of your cars electrical system? Here is an interesting artical that should relieve your curiosity:


All electrical components and wiring harnesses depend on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of charged ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke". Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. Don't be fooled by scientists and engineers talking about excited electrons and the like. Smoke is the key to all things electrical.

We know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of an electrical circuit, it stops working. This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing. For example, if one places a large copper bar across the terminals of a battery, prodigious quantities of smoke are liberated and the battery shortly ceases to function. In addition, if one observes smoke escaping from an electrical component such as a Lucas voltage regulator, it will also be observed that the component no longer functions.

The logic is elementary and inescapable! The function of the wiring harness is to conduct the smoke from one device to another. When the wiring harness springs a leak and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works right afterward.

Starter motors were considered unsuitable for British motorcycles for some time largely because they regularly released large quantities of smoke from the electrical system. It has been reported that Lucas electrical components are possibly more prone to electrical leakage than their Bosch, Japanese or American counterparts. Experts point out that this is because Lucas is British, and all things British leak. British engines leak oil, British shock absorbers, hydraulic forks, and disk brake systems leak fluid, British tires leak air and British Intelligence leaks national
defence secrets.

Therefore, it follows that British electrical systems must leak smoke. Once again, the logic is clear and inescapable.

Sometimes you may miss the component releasing the smoke that makes your electrical system function correctly, but if you sniff around you can often find the faulty component by the undeniable and telltale smoke smell. Sometimes this is a better indicator than standard electrical tests performed with a volt-ohm meter.


In conclusion, the basic concept of transmission of electrical energy in the form of smoke provides a clear and logical explanation of the mysteries of electrical components and why they fail.

"A gentleman does not motor about after dark."
- Joseph Lucas, 1842 - 1903

Oh how true it is.....

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Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Choose two.

Ill second that motion, im an Avionics Technician and i have to work every day in fear that i may let the smoke out of something that im working on by accident........and stop it in its tracks!

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Rule#11 of flight theory: Helicopters - Never fly in anything where the wings move faster than the aircraft.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Does that mean that you do your avionics thing mostly in moving aircraft. ???

Not overly worried about the helicopter rotors moving faster than the aircraft, its when the gearbox shears itself apart and even the aircraft is rotating as fast as the rotors that is the worry.

As taken from "Backfire", vol 39, #11 page 7



The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark"
Joseph Lucas, often referred to as "the prince of darkness" denies having invented darkness, but admits to sudden unexpected periods of darkness!
Lucas: The inventor of the first intermittent wiper. (Now it goes, now it doesn't)
Lucas: The inventor of the first self dimming headlight switch
Happy customer: "I've had a lucas pacemaker for 12 months now and I've never had a prob....."
If lucas made guns, Wars wouldnt start either.
Why do the english drink warm beer?.........Lucas made fridges too!
Alexander Graham Bell invernted the telephone, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, and Joseph Lucas invented the short circuit.

And then there is the theory attributed to Lucas that electricity flowing thorugh any wiring circuit is actually smoke waiting to break free at the earliest oppurtunity...

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I don't know my name anymore.

No lucky for me, im on the bench in a workshop!!!

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