On 8/29/98 3:02 PM so and so (Scott & Glenda Meyers) said. (And I quote:)
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>Palmer Family wrote:
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>> So, anyone want to help me with an alternator that's not charging? (PUSH
>> STARTED 3 TIMES YESTERDAY!!! No shortage of people to help push!!)
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>Now this is weird. It is my understanding that if a car will not start, but
>will run after being push-started, then it is the battery or connections, and
>not the alternator (unless the battery has just enough juice to run the car,
>but not start it?).
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>The juice to run on has to come from somewhere, and if the battery is dead,
>and the alternatior is dead.........divine charging?
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>I'd start checking at the battery and connections, and then do an output
>check on the alternator last.
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>Scott Meyers
>60 Bugeye Sprite
>SCCA DSP
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>Former owner of 2 other Bugeyes, 1 67 Sprite, 1 72 Midget,
>2 MGB's, 1 TR-6, and 1 67 XKE Coupe -
>I've paid my dues!
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Now I seem to remember (OF ya know) that even modern engines run on 6
volts. The starter needs 12. So the idea was to get a solenoid that takes
6 and doubles it (or just passes it) to the starter. The car will run
fine w/o 12 to the ignition system. BTDT, CR
Not sure what the output of the gen/alt is (13 + volts, I think) but it
will run the car until the battery falls below 6 volts. So you can have a
dead cell (or 2 or 3) in a 12 volt battery and the car will still run
until the voltage supplied by the alt/gen falls below that level.
As I recall this is a layover from the early car times when 6 V was
enough. I think the 12 V systems came into be when we started adding
things like Radio/8-Tracks/Power windows, But the ignition system still
only needs 6 volts to work.
Probably doesn't help solve the problem, just another tangent to go off
on.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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