[Fot] Battery again

Randall TR3driver at ca.rr.com
Fri Sep 20 23:20:55 MDT 2019


> Also 
> runnin a generator (the local club is a stickler for 
> originality), so need a batt that will accept a charging 
> system so the lithium option is moot.

I haven't really been paying attention, but this caught my eye.  Can someone
explain to me why a lithium starting battery can't be charged by a DC
generator?  The original RB106 control box used on TR2-4 probably doesn't
control voltage & current well enough, but you can buy a solid state
regulator that goes in the same housing, which should have no trouble
meeting Li requirements without roasting the generator.

And I would think the RB310 control box used on early Spitfire, GT6, etc
would need no more than a bit of tweaking to work fine.

-- Randall




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