Fig. 378.-Diagram at A Shows Arrangement of Parts of Auto-Lite System and How They are Wired Together. B-Part Sectional View of Storage Battery. C-Automatic Circuit Breaker. D-Current Generator, E-Starting Motor. generator, which is connected with the crank shaft and driven by a silent chain, is shown at D. This has an electric governing system, so that its current output is less at high speeds than it is at normal speeds. The starting motor is shown at E, the sliding pinion which engages with the fly-wheel gear being clearly visible through the cut-away portion of the gear enclosing case. The start Fig. 379.-Wiring Diagram of 1916 Overland-Auto-Lite System. ing switch is mounted on the end of the motor and is worked by the same rod that slides the pinion. Q. How does the 1916 Auto-Lite system differ from the one of the year previous? A. The diagram Fig. 379 shows the 1916 Overland Auto-Lite system. This differs from the 1915 system principally in the use of an automatic pinion shift, and the units are changed slightly in detail as outlined at Fig. 380, in consequence. The application. of the system to the four cylinder power plant is shown at Fig. 381, while the method of installing the units on the six cylinder Overland engine is depicted at Fig. 354. Fig. 380.-Starting Motor Used in 1916 Auto-Lite-Overland System with Automatic Pinion Shift at A. Automatic Cutout Shown at B. Method of Driving Generator with Silent Chain Outlined at C. Q. How many electric starting and lighting systems have been used? A. The number of electric systems used are much too numerous to be described in a general treatise of this nature. A complete treatise on all automobile electrical appliances and their use by the same author can be consulted with advantage by those desiring more information. This is "Modern Starting, Lighting and Ignition Systems." |