<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Just get the Healeys out and drive them,most of problem solved!<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 22, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Robert Begani <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div style="font-size:12px;color:#777;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:#fff;padding:4px;">
<a href="https://www.boxbe.com/overview" style="text-decoration:none;color:#5e96ea;"><img alt="Boxbe" src="http://www.boxbe.com/images/logo_dark_small.png" width="64px" style="margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:-1px;border:none;"></a>
<img src="http://www.boxbe.com/stfopen?tc_serial=38593933144&tc_rand=548648279&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_AFA&utm_content=001">
You chose to allow Robert Begani (<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>) even though this message failed authentication
<br><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#5e96ea;" href="https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc_serial=38593933144&tc_rand=548648279&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_AFA&utm_content=001&action=authfail&set=false&key=xLgvI8aHfqz1FoO7Z%2BI8X%2FXQWRnOBoIbvsPYDyxFz%2Bs%3D&token=DDG2EtA7ilvkZjNisXNQ9wiXzovZsSSn9ZUhCQSigKI3FjROXva5uoe4mMps0rkf">Click to disallow</a>
<br>
<!-- Scheduled Cleanup Annotation START -->
This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>)
<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#5e96ea" href="https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Fkey%3DxLgvI8aHfqy33MkD2EfVpmvMARpgcDoa5vdU3hNl7oc%253D%26token%3Doyd2FA7UjgTKgWEwPkX5%252FvVWmFuFu1ktPa%252F%252B7XmCsD2eNbzCWwRNVVKsweP3YTRoI1q3X1UZssLt49rdN77qWkLvxVnfpQn2qw9Fev7TX6yHADJCb2sV%252FvoZpm12WgVB0vD6lz%252FGVaM%253D&tc_serial=38593933145&tc_rand=2057403626&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001" target="_blank" title="Add a new automatic cleanup rule">Add cleanup rule</a>
| <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#5e96ea" href="http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=38593933145&tc_rand=2057403626&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001" target="_blank" title="Get info on automatic cleanup">More info</a>
<br>
<!-- Scheduled Cleanup Annotation END -->
</div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Listeners:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The solution for dead batteries has been discussed many times. In today’s world batteries are basically all the same and will last years if you drive the vehicle regularly. We do not. Our vehicles and sitting in the garage or storage and, as many of us who know this have said, will reduce the life of the battery very quickly. Use a battery maintainer or floater charger when it is sitting, take the car for a 20-30 mile drive once a month to give it a full charge or give it a full change while in storage. Oh yes, idling the engine will not give the battery life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I buy inexpensive batteries. The current was purchased 4 years ago from Walmart. It has been out of the vehicle for 2 years and has been on a Battery Tender with charger which only holds the charge, however, the storage charge will deteriorate over time. So I put it on a charger at 10 amps for 15 minutes every few months. Today it is rated as fully charged and ready to turn over the engine when I get it back together. Nevertheless, I expect the battery will need to be replaced after I begin to drive my Healey again on long trips. I have an alternator on my BJ8.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the other hand, regarding batteries on today’s vehicles, my wife drives an 18 month old Honda CRV. She called me because her car would not start at her friends home. I brought over the Starter cables jumped the car and drove it home. Then I put the charger on the battery and suggested she drive the car longer distances once a week. She was just driving around our small town visiting her friends etc. and not getting out on the road. An alternator will not fully charge a battery on short distances especially when you are operating many electronic items on the car while it is sitting overnight. She has not had a battery problem since. And, I remember to use her car when taking a 30 Plus mile trip on the interstate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drive your cars gentlemen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regards, battery a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BJ8<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/blkbt7@yahoo.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/blkbt7@yahoo.com</a></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>