In a message dated 11/18/02 9:47:07 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Malaboge@aol.com writes:
<< Did you know that with a good battery and no alternator, you can drive for
an hour with the low beams on and the voltage will only drop to 11. It will
take almost another hour to drop another volt. BUT, after that it will only
take another 7 minutes to get so dark out in front of you that you can't see
and the motor will stop!
>>
In 1963, I was still driving the 1959 TR-3 on the highway. I had to drive
from Washington, PA to Beaver, PA in the dark (about 40 miles) with a
non-working generator. I got about half way there when it became too dark to
drive. Fortunately, I was able to pull into a gas station to charge the
battery. I was then able to drive the rest of the way, and get the generator
fixed the next day.
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