with a 6 block commute - and no other driving - I will wear a battery down -
faster or slower - depending on temp. But fluctuating temp really throws a big
variable into that test.
CM
Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I guess the real answer is this.
How many times do you not have your
lights on and then find your battery wasn't charged enough?
If you can do this frequently, then try turning your lights on and see if it
helps any.... (:
Levi
On 2/2/07, Christopher McCann wrote:
I am DEFINITELY not misinterpreting what this guy (who, otherwise
knows quite a bit about cars, raced cars, built race cars, does all
his repairs, etc). We've had this argument SEVERAL times.
If you turn the headlights on with the engine running, all you're going
to do is make the alternator send a decent portion of it's charge to the
lights, thereby preventing that much potential energy from reaching the
battery
THAT is exactly my reasoning with this guy and he
insists otherwise...but it's not just him, OTHER people have made the
same argument that he is making.
Chris
Levi Smith wrote: Wuh???? Maybe I'm missing
something I'm not familiar with, but I think
someone's either feeding you a line, or you're misinterpreting
something...
If you turn the headlights on with the engine running, all you're going to
do is make the alternator send a decent portion of it's charge to the
lights, thereby preventing that much potential energy from reaching the
battery. Not that it should be any problem, but technically speaking...
The alternator should charge the battery either way...
Unless there's something weird I've never heard of where turning on the
lights will somehow drop the voltage and get the alternator to kick out
more? Never heard of such a thing, but who knows...
There is that thought that turning the lights on BEFORE you start the car
gets the battery's chemistry moving to give you a little more oomph for
cranking. But I've never completely bought into that(never done it for
that
matter) and it's a moot point on anything with glow plugs anyway...
Levi (:
On 2/2/07, Christopher McCann wrote:
I am told by everyone that driving with your lights on (or some
other accessory) helps to recharge the battery faster after starting
by putting a load on...the alternator? the battery? something. I don't
get electricity.
BUT, I THINK, I recall Marshall (sorry if I am mis-recalling) arguing
that this does not hold for our older cars...
Which is the care? Why? Different wiring set up? 7F this morning
and the 300SD (1985) started fine (w/ block heater) and the 300D
(1982) seems to start nearly all the time at any temp with no block
heater.
Can someone help me understand this?
Thanks,
Chris
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri
-2006 GSD, "Anke" (Yanke von der burg Austerlitz)
-2006 GSD, "Heinrich" (Zane von der burg Austerlitz)
-1985 300SD, 219K miles, "Wulf"
-1982 300Dt, 117K miles, "little blue klatter box"
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-2006 GSD, "Heinrich" (Zane von der burg Austerlitz)
-1985 300SD, 219K miles, "Wulf"
-1982 300Dt, 117K miles, "little blue klatter box"
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