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1. [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: "PG" <britishcars@shaw.ca>; Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 21:35:38 -0700; 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 i; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00069.html (7,071 bytes)
2. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:00:36 +0800; Your battery may not be bad. If the terminals are corroded, you won't have a complete circuit and the car dies when you pull the jumpers. That's be cause the jumpers are completing the circuit throu; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00071.html (8,516 bytes)
3. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:14:50 +0200; The battery should always be connected when running the engine. If not, you may damage the regulator/generator/alternator. In your case it could be a short in the old battery or dirty terminals, bro; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00073.html (8,499 bytes)
4. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:33:10 -0700; 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 th; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00081.html (8,919 bytes)
5. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: "PG" <britishcars@shaw.ca>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:42:01 -0700; That's intersting..why will it run on with an alternator and not a generator (assuming a bad battery?) I would have assumed that regardless of the condition of the battery, the car would continue to; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00082.html (9,195 bytes)
6. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: andy pole <ampole@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:57:04 +0000; A generator is basically a motor in reverse, the only problem is you need higher revs to keep the regulator charging, so unless you keep your foot on the pedal it will not charge at idle (watch the; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00085.html (7,995 bytes)
7. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:47:03 -0700; 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 ca; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00086.html (11,227 bytes)
8. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:27:24 -0700; 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. M; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00088.html (10,434 bytes)
9. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: "PG" <britishcars@shaw.ca>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:26:34 -0700; 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:; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00089.html (11,424 bytes)
10. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: "Shop at \" Just Brits \"" <shop@justbrits.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:23:24 -0500; << 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. >> Well Curt, THAT makes PERFECT "sens; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00091.html (8,260 bytes)
11. Re: [Healeys] Electrical Question (score: 1): Author: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:05:46 +0100; If we stick to just a generator system with a battery that is flat or not holding its charge then the normal situation is that once the generator voltage has dropped to the point where the spark is t; /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00102.html (10,043 bytes)

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