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Re: Running on the battery

To: Herald948@aol.com
Subject: Re: Running on the battery
From: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:51:11 -0700
This thread is starting to look like the Lucas version of Alcoholics
Anonymous!  :)

Joe (C)



Herald948@aol.com wrote:
> 
> This past summer, about one-third the distance into my 1200+ mile drive from 
>NY to MN for the VTR Convention in my Herald, my IGN light began to stay on. 
>At first it appeared to be only a sticky voltage regulator contact that could 
>be "persuaded" to work each time. To be safe, though, I decided to get off the 
>Interstate before dark and deal with the problem in a more professional 
>manner. (uh-huh)
> 
> I stopped at a Walmart and bought a spare battery to carry with me just in 
>case (I'd looked at various chargers and decided they were too much nuisance). 
>Carrying that spare battery proved to be the fix, as the problem never came up 
>again for the rest of the 2500-mile round trip.
> 
> Once home, though, everything started acting up again. Given extreme lack of 
>time to deal with the problem, it's been easier to swap in the spare battery 
>and charge the dead one as needed. ;-) Maybe this winter I'll get the 
>generator and/or regulator straightened out....
> 
> --Andy Mace
 wrote:
> 
> This past summer, about one-third the distance into my 1200+ mile drive from 
>NY to MN for the VTR Convention in my Herald, my IGN light began to stay on. 
>At first it appeared to be only a sticky voltage regulator contact that could 
>be "persuaded" to work each time. To be safe, though, I decided to get off the 
>Interstate before dark and deal with the problem in a more professional 
>manner. (uh-huh)
> 
> I stopped at a Walmart and bought a spare battery to carry with me just in 
>case (I'd looked at various chargers and decided they were too much nuisance). 
>Carrying that spare battery proved to be the fix, as the problem never came up 
>again for the rest of the 2500-mile round trip.
> 
> Once home, though, everything started acting up again. Given extreme lack of 
>time to deal with the problem, it's been easier to swap in the spare battery 
>and charge the dead one as needed. ;-) Maybe this winter I'll get the 
>generator and/or regulator straightened out....
> 
> --Andy Mace

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