[TR] '3a Alternator conversion...

[David Templeton]

Geo,

The battery was new at the restoration ( she has not been driven in 4+
yrs :-( so it will be replaced ), as for the night, yeah being in the
northern reaches, night driving is more prevalent especially in spring
and fall obviously :-)

Now, that being said, if I was driving all day then the battery was well
charged etc, stop and go, short trips etc, not so good.  Big a$$ stock
starter comes to mind at that point :-)


David

-----Original Message-----
From: Geo Hahn [mailto:ahwahneetr at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:47 AM
To: David Templeton
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] '3a Alternator conversion...

On 6/14/10, David Templeton <davidt at opentext.com> wrote:
> 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 :-)

I think I have similar current demands incl radio, tape deck & H4
headlamps and I have never had an issue with the dynamo keeping up.
My night driving is seldom more than an hour or two and perhaps that
depletes the battery some but with most of my driving in dry daytime
conditions it recovers fine.

Perhaps the issue is your battery -- does it also date from '02?

Geo