[TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:)

[Chip19474 at aol.com]

Suddenly (after 50 degree days last weekend), we bounced back into sub  
freezing winter with ice, snow, etc so I decided to pull out some old workshop  
manuals and assorted other Triumph reading and came across this very 
appropriate  winter warning....
 
"The heater blower is only to augment the airflow through the  car in 
difficult conditions.  Do not use it unnecessarily, especially at  speed when it 
is not required.  Remember that in winter conditions with the  lights on and 
other accessories in use, the current load will be  considerable.  In cold 
weather.....if there is too great a load.....the  generator may fail to keep 
the battery fully charged"
 
Wow.....you gotta love it!  Imagine Chevrolet or Ford advising their  
customers in 1962 not to run the heater fan, headlights and windshield wipers at  
the same time in winter or risk a dead battery.....
 
Despite the "warning", I did manage to keep my TR3's battery alive enough  
to keep going back in the 60's during commutes to college in winter with 
radio,  lights, and fan motor on at full voltage.....I guess I would have been 
more  concerned if I paid attention to the AMP gauge but I then I was 
distracted  by the snow coming into the cockpit between the top of the windscreen 
and the  top:)
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA 
1962 TR4  CT2052L