Of course, a battery in good condition will recharge on it's own a little,
if left idle, say over night. Four hours straight should get you 'home'
from just about anywhere, though.
Terrence Banbury
> ----------
> From: Bill Gunshannon[SMTP:bill@cs.uofs.edu]
> Reply To: Bill Gunshannon
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:24 AM
> To: emanteno@attglobal.net
> Cc: bschwart@pacbell.net; spitfires@autox.team.net;
> triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Running on battery only
>
>
> According to Irv Korey:
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
> >
> > >Does it appear that I will be able
> > >to make it home with a decent (2 maybe 3 year old) group 42 battery? I
> > >have to start the car too remember, and there will be no charging
> before,
> > >during and after -
> >
> > Someone in our club was able to drive his Spitfire for about 4 hours on
> the
> > battery only when his alternator gave up in the middle of nowhere on a
> > Sunday afternoon. You should have no problem.
> >
>
> 4 hours!! I drove mine for almost two weeks and 300 miles before the
> battery ran down enough to not turn the starter. Of course, at this
> point I was 70 miles from home. No problem. I pushed the car about
> 10 feet, the wife popped the clutch in reverse, the car started. We
> then drove it the 70 miles to get home. A lot to be said for cars
> with mechanical fuel pumps (and mechanical everything else for that
> matter. I would think in an emergency I could push start the car and
> drive it in daylight using only a pair of lantern batteries.
>
> bill
>
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