=09Although not a fix, if it happens again and you feel like chancing
it, disconnect one of the headlights. That way at least you would be only
drawin half the current for the lights. The car needs current just to run
though.
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Phil Bates wrote:
> >Most people want to chat about the time they were on a trip in fog and t=
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> >lights went out, etc... =20
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> Ok then, here's the story. Last Saturday - not yesterday, but a week bef=
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> - I decided at noon or so to drive to Boise (from Idaho Falls). Probably=
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> not many here know that route, but it is all freeway, speed limit is 75mp=
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> except in a few areas, it is about a 3 1/2 hr drive each way with Pocatel=
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> and Twin Falls in between. Between the 4 towns (each of which takes 5-10=
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> minutes to pass through except Boise) there is pretty much nothing. Real=
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> I mean nothing - it is all desert. So I drive to Boise for some reasonab=
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> shopping (which I don't quite have here at home), and turn around to go h=
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> at about 7:30pm. Pass by Twin Falls, get gas, and go on. Its about 8:30=
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> and my ignition light comes on telling me that the battery is not being=
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> charged. Realizing the battery is new, I figure I can make it home but n=
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> with the lights on. Hmmmm and it is dark. Even worse, I used to have=20
> generator problems all the time, but they seem to have been corrected. I=
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> used to carry tools, a spare generator, and a spare regulator, but you kn=
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> what, they are 140 miles away at home. So I found my waterproof picnic=
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> blanket, very uncomfortably curled up in the passenger seat and foot well=
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> (I'm 5' - 10 3/4"), and slept until 7am - when the sun started to rise. =
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> the way, it got down to 23=B0F, and I did not freeze. Then I headed home=
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> without the lights. Hit some fog in a desert valley, but drove through=
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> without lights anyhow. Got home, removed the generator, replaced the=20
> brushes, adjusted the valves, changed the oil (it was due), all runs bett=
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> than ever!
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> This is a story I've hit over and over and over. Once it happened in=20
> Columbus OH, going from Indianapolis to Pennsylvania. Luckily it was=20
> daylight. Made it all the way back to Lancaster with no generator. Once=
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> happened in N. Carolina going from Melbourne FL to Lancaster PA. Had to=
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> stop at a hotel then. And once it happened going from Chester IN (dunes=
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> state park) to Indianapolis - stayed with friends in W. Lafayette. You=
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> would think I'd learn by now to bring tools, and at least brushes.
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> Phil Bates
> 58 MGA
> 67 MGB
> 75 Jaguar XJ12C
> 66 Land Rover
> 52 MG TD replicar (VW)
> 86 Peugeot 505 Turbo Gle
> 86 Honda Accord LX-i
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