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1. Re: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:29:01 -0700; If you drive your generator-equipped car through the winter, and your commute begins and ends with darkness, you'll either need to take a spirited drive over lunch or attach the car to a trickle char; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00242.html (9,209 bytes)
2. RE: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:53:57 -0800; As noted in the owner's manual ! To amplify a bit on Steve's comments, the stock TR2/3 generator is rated at 19 amps output. I measured the load with sealed beam headlights (as original), heater and; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00245.html (8,762 bytes)
3. Re: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:06:03 -0500; Randall, Ok if your amp calculations are correct why did the Lucas engineers deliver a generator that could not even keep up with the load? Is 19 amps the best they could get? or was it a cost issue?; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00247.html (10,354 bytes)
4. RE: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:13:48 -0800; I see several reasons, small ones perhaps but IMO they add up. First of all, the US-mandated sealed beam headlamps draw more current than the home market lamps. Then too, the heater was an optional; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00253.html (9,259 bytes)
5. Re: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 16:26:12 -0700 (GMT-07:00); As further evidence that the Lucas generators on Triumphs are marginal at best: I used to have a pretty good sized stereo system installed in my GT6 which was and is equipped with a stock generator.; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00256.html (7,493 bytes)
6. RE: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:53:07 -0500; Message text written by "Randall Young" argument, let's say it takes half of the stock 40AH battery's capacity to start the engine twice from cold (once morning, once evening).< For the sake of argum; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00271.html (7,496 bytes)
7. RE: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:18:00 -0800; Well, noting that the rated 'locked rotor' current for an early TR starter is 450 amps (and it will draw close to that trying to start an engine at 15F with the recommended SAE 20 weight oil) ... wh; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00276.html (8,170 bytes)
8. + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:22:22 -0800; A Bosch from a mid 60s Volvo springs to mind. You would want to transplant its regulator along with it. I do not know their output but I drove several of these cars (7 I think) over a number of year; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00287.html (8,237 bytes)
9. RE: + or - (reliability, safety) (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:03:55 -0500; Message text written by "Randall Young" low-temperature starting conditions, it's defined as the number of amps that a battery can deliver for 30 seconds (yes, 1/2 minute) at 32F. Battery technology; /html/triumphs/2003-12/msg00289.html (8,480 bytes)

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