[TR] '3a Alternator conversion...

[David Templeton]

I am sooo, not liking my email client this week  ;-( I am resending the
message that got blanked


Andy
 
No, not really a lot of stuff, didn't even have the radio installed yet :-)  I
am currently running the 25amp gen and at night I run Lucas PL's and after not
too long the power starts to dwindle, which is dangerous for the taillights
especially :-) .  Also, I still have a stock starter that takes a lot out of
the battery if a number of stops are required.  There were a couple of times I
had to call CAA for a boost, and that was fun trying to explain a +ve earth
car to the kid :-P
 
It was completely rebuilt when I put the car together in '02 so there would be
less than 10K kms on it.  I do want to add a radio.  So are you saying I
should have no issues :-) 
 
David
 
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From: Andrew Mace [mailto:zoboherald at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:57 PM
To: David Templeton; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] '3a Alternator conversion...

Davd, were/are you running lots and lots of power-robbing accessories? enough
Lucas Flamethrowers to win the Alpine Rallye? Killer stereo?

I drive my Lucas C40 generator-equipped Herald in just about all kinds of
weather (usually excepting winter) -- which means I often have radio, heater
blower, lights, wipers, etc., all going -- and I have no problems with the
generator keeping that big old Group 24 battery charged.

Maybe your generator just needs refreshing or rebuilding? (Disclaimer: I did
have my original generator rebuilt about six years ago, and it's been fine
ever since!)

--Andy Mace

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Templeton <davidt at opentext.com>
As I get back into the '3a, I think an alternator conversion is needed,


while the jenny was cool for looks, it simply didn't provide the power


to needed for normal usage and didn't cycle the battery enough.