[Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

gradea1 at charter.net gradea1 at charter.net
Thu Jun 11 10:41:28 MDT 2020


Well, I'm not as stupid as I thought I was...I just went out to my 100
to remove the short battery-to battery cable to return it to RIW for
lengthening. Behold (yesterday's photo), I did in fact add an
extension bracket to the body so that I could keep the cable from
hitting the u-joint. Not sure when I did that, but provision for
safety was made. Meanwhile, the cable is en-route to the harness maker
and the extension removed, with the clip, awaiting the revised
connector. Thanks all, for the input. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael Salter" 
To: "Hank Leach"
Cc: "John Harper", "Healeys at autox.team.net"
Sent: Tuesday June 9 2020 4:48:05PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

Regarding the Rhode Island battery to battery cable. 
A few years back I encountered the same issue with the battery to
battery cable being too short on a BN1. The one supplied was 15 1/2"
center to center of the terminal caps. 
I contacted R I W and they were very obliging, sent me a replacement
which was 2" longer and indicated that they would amend their
information for future orders.It was plenty long enough. 

I'm sure that if you were to contact them they would be only too happy
to help out.

M

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 4:02 PM  wrote:
John-I never take offence on anything Healey...not too many things
were "standard" as is found on US made cars. The early '53s had lots
of differences (over 50) from later production and BN2s. However,
there is a bolt hole on the rear panel of #588, as you noted, (as seen
here) but the cable supplied by Rhode Island Wiring was not long
enough to connect to that spot. Since the cable came assembled with
the helmets and proper sheathing, I did not want to alter it. I think
the concours hit would be 1/2 point. and as Perry said in the scope of
it all, it probably would not affect winning gold status. Good eye!
Regards, Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "John Harper" 
To: gradea1 at charter.net [2]
Cc: 
Sent: Monday June 8 2020 11:57:11AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

Roland
I hope that you will not take offence with following but I believe
that the linking cable should be held up the middle with a 'P' clip
and a small bolt and nut on the lower lip of the rear of the panel
Best regards
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 18:53,  wrote:
I'm using the concours correct 17L, 6V batteries from Antique auto
battery(now Jim's or NLE)...bought years ago and kept on maintain
charge. They no longer make a 17L battery. Now-a-days you can still
purchase a 19L battery which will fit the tray, has mounting ears, and
is about 1" taller than the old 17s. Reason why is that VW bugs and
MGBs also used that same unit. As Roland says: be sure to insulate the
battery lid with Armacord; if the lid is distorted it could short out
the terminals. Otherwise it fits fine and is more powerful than the
17L. Interstate Battery makes one available today. One 12V works as
well, but you will fail concours (if that's an issue). Here is the
battery layout using original 17Ls in my 100. Hank, healeyhelper.com
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	-----------------------------------------From: "Roland Wilhelmy" 
To: "Bob Spidell"
Cc: "Healeys"
Sent: Sunday June 7 2020 8:26:46PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anybody have experience with this battery?

Check if 8 1/2" is height of case only or height to top of battery
posts. If height to top of posts is 9 and a fraction inches you can
still use in a BN1 or 2 but you risk shorting battery to the body if
you aren't very careful and if you didn't insulate the underside of
the door well. It fits all the other cars, though. 
Also, the capacity of those original style tar tops is limited and
marginal. Modern batteries are much more energetic and smaller, too. A
12volt battery that will fit the battery tray will do better than two
original tar top 6volt batteries and cost about $50. So unless you are
going for Concours save your money. 
-RolandBN1 #724
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 5:35 PM Bob Spidell  wrote:
  I can't find dimensions for 17L anywhere, but this looks close:

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