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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- From: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths)
- Subject: Re: dead battery needed to pushstart
- Cc: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Reply-To: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 22:33:52 +0000
- Message-ID: <memo.577963@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
- Lines: 17
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- In-Reply-To: jimv@hienergy.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems)
-
- > Do NOT operate your car without a battery installed (dead or alive). The
- > battery is a critical piece of the charging system. Without one installed
- > the voltages will be well above normal and will be unfiltered DC.
-
-
- Amen to that....
-
- I had a hire car fail on me once, a faulty regulator overcharged the
- battery, which then boiled dry (in about 200 miles flat). Once the
- battery finally dried out, the engine cut within seconds (right in
- the middle of a motorway too 8-( )
-
- Practically all the electrics were trashed, including the radio.
-
- Andy Dingley dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
-