IF such is the case, then it must be my generator that is faulty......the
car does not run unless it has an outside source of power.
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Curt/Nancy Arndt
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 2:27 PM
To: Richard Ewald
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question
Listers,
Richard is absolutely correct.
I can't tell you how many time both my wife and I ran our Sprites with a
dead battery because as poor college/working stiffs we couldn't afford a
battery right away.
My wife ran her car for a week without a battery because it came down to
either paying for a new outfit on layaway or buying a new battery... the
outfit won. She just parked on a slight incline and jump started her Sprite
to get to work and back.
Cheers,
Curt.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Richard Ewald
<richard.ewald@gmail.com>wrote:
> This is backwards and incorrect.
> A car will run with a generator and a bad / no battery. The old shade
tree
> method to test a generator was to disconnect the battery out of the system
> to see if the car still ran, if it did the generator was good. (DO NOT DO
> THIS WITH AN ALTERNATOR EQUIPPED CAR!) I once had a battery stolen out of
a
> generator equipped car, so I jumped the car and drove it to Sears for a
new
> battery. The look on the Sears guy's face was priceless.
> Alternators on the other hand have to have power in the circuit to excite
> them. That means there has to be voltage to excite them.
> No battery = no excitation
> Rick
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2010, at 10:33, I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A car will continue to run on an alternator with a bad battery, but not a
>> generator. If you use a fully charged battery, with a bad charging system
>> (generator/voltage regulator) it will run untill the battery depletes. If
>> battery is dead and other components good, it will no trun, because
>> battery
>> will not holsd a charge
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:35 PM, PG <britishcars@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> The car starts on jumpers from another vehicle..but, as soon as the
>>> jumpers
>>> are taken away, the car dies...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Even if the battery is bad, should the car not run on the generator?
>>> Unless
>>> of course, it is bad. It reads about 12 volts but vascilates sometimes
>>> down to 4 or 5 volts then back up again...rapidly. The Battery is old
>>> and
>>> is likely finished. However, should the car not run regardless?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul
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