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1. How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Frink <tr4@drooartz.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:27:39 -0600; I haven't had any time to work on the TR4 lately, so I've been doing theoretical work, trying to understand what I've been seeing with the charging system. A question I have now--if your alternator/g; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00567.html (8,588 bytes)
2. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:36:26 EDT; I haven't had any time to work on the TR4 lately, so I've been doing theoretical work, trying to understand what I've been seeing with the charging system. A question I have now--if your alternator/g; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00569.html (9,494 bytes)
3. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@pop.mail.rcn.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:31:38 -0400; I would think that starting the car is a pretty big demand though for a short time. Given good weather and daylight, the number of days you can drive on one battery is probably limited by how many ti; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00571.html (8,959 bytes)
4. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: emanteno@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:59:07 +0000; -- Original message -- A clubmate driving home from a VTR convention in Albany, NY got about 3-4 hours on a charged battery when his alternator failed and we couldn't find a replacement. We switched; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00572.html (8,806 bytes)
5. RE: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:31:45 -0700; As others have said, it depends a great deal on conditions. If the battery were somehow still fully charged when you left home (ie hadn't been used to crank the engine or had been recharged after th; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00574.html (9,842 bytes)
6. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: tbe749@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:14:42 -0400; I haven't had any time to work on the TR4 lately, so I've been doing theoretical work, trying to understand what I've been seeing with the charging system. A question I have now--if your alternator/g; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00575.html (9,425 bytes)
7. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: zoboherald@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:02:33 -0400; Thanks Andy and Michael for the reassurance.... It's amazing how little electricity these cars use--I don't think my modern Hyundai would make it down the driveway without its alternator! ==AM== Drew; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00578.html (9,839 bytes)
8. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:25:48 -0600; Kid stuff! I once drove home from Broomfield, CO to Littleton, CO -- about an hour -- with a failed alternator and completely dead battery. The car was a 1976 ... any guesses? Steven Newell Littleton; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00589.html (9,791 bytes)
9. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:26:31 EDT; << Kid stuff! I once drove home from Broomfield, CO to Littleton, CO -- about an hour -- with a failed alternator and completely dead battery. The car was a 1976 ... any guesses? >> 76 Mercedes Why?; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00593.html (9,159 bytes)
10. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: "Lou Metelko" <lmtr4a@ctlnet.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:28:39 -0500; -- Original Message -- A diesel something. Maybe a VW Rabbit - Lou Metelko Auburn, Indiana == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00594.html (9,440 bytes)
11. RE: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: "R. Ashford Little II" <70TR6@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:48:01 -0400; OK, I'll bite, what is it about a diesel that answers the question? R. Ashford Little II '70 TR6 CC54994 == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00596.html (9,127 bytes)
12. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:51:21 -0600; Right! I'd driven up to a meeting with the alternator light shining dimly but it went out -- then when I turned into the parking lot I noticed the dash turn signal light wasn't flashing. I got out, d; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00597.html (10,453 bytes)
13. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:10:16 -0600; Diesels don't have spark plugs, and the '76 (early body style) has a mechanical fuel injector. Once it's running, it keeps on running using the magic of diesel. For our '76 MB 240D, you turn it off b; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00598.html (9,314 bytes)
14. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:16:18 EDT; << At the time I wasn't sure everything I'd need would keep working, so I called 1-800-FOR MERC and asked the woman in the call center who answered. She said the fuel pump would shut down, probably r; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00599.html (10,003 bytes)
15. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:57:11 EDT; A friend with a TR6 had his Alternator go out one a marathon drive. He drove it an hour and a half to the hotel, started it up to go to dinner, started it up again to go back to the hotel and started; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00600.html (9,397 bytes)
16. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Frink <tr4@drooartz.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:12:18 -0600; No extra stuff on the TR4, so I should be good. No idea that I'd spark such a batch of stories! -Drew == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00604.html (8,633 bytes)
17. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Doug Mathews <mathews@uga.edu>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:08:49 -0400; My Auto Electronics class book says "most batteries have a reserve capacity of 25amps for 120 minutes in the event of charging system failure". And this is talking about more modern cars. So thats 1; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00606.html (9,367 bytes)
18. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: "Kurtis" <tr4driver@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:54:37 -0500; I agree Andrew. Assuming your battery is in decent shape (and you plan to drive faster than 10 mph <grin>), 40 miles should be a cake-walk. Kurtis Jones Russellville, Arkansas 1963 TR4 - CT19389L 19; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00607.html (8,495 bytes)
19. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: KPe9368405@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:57:54 EDT; OK, I'll put in my 2 cents worth. When my son graduated from high school, his aunt "gave" him a car. Only catch was it was in Hesperia (near Victorville), Calif. and we are in Denver. So, we combined; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00610.html (9,134 bytes)
20. Re: How long run if car not charging at all? (score: 1): Author: Raymond Hatfield <iron_horse819@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:57:52 -0700 (PDT); Let me give you my 'Triumph war story' - back in the '80s when I owned my 76 Spitfire, I was stationed in El Paso and received a 3-day pass to go see my wife (who was living with her family in Little; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00621.html (11,086 bytes)

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