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Re: Running on the battery

To: <Herald948@aol.com>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Running on the battery
From: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:06:47 +1300
Something must happen in mid Atlantic, in the UK all electical problems are
with Delco products - General Motors - King of Darkness
John Kipping
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From: <Herald948@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: Running on the battery


> 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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