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Re: [Re: Update on carbs]

To: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>,
Subject: Re: [Re: Update on carbs]
From: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:36:15 -0400
Hi Dick. Thanks for responding.

You're right. I meant 100 RPM not 1000. Not sure what you mean by a drag. It
has to be electrical load doesn't it?

- Hugh

tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor) wrote:
> Hugh---Must've been a typo...It read that "with the headlights on, rpm's
> drop 1000." Some alternators will pull an engine down a little, when it
> goes into a charging mode. Maybe closer to 50 rpm. Very subtle. If it's
> more than this, there must be a drag internally, more than brushes
> alone.  
> 
> Dick

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