Charging a car battery by driving it
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stevesey said:Serious or not - I'd like to know Softus' normal method of putting the car on axle stands (i.e. the one that requires a charged battery)
keyplayer said:
JohnD said:
Yes - JohnD got it.stevesey said:Well I never
Well, I said I was tired.
However, my underlying point was this:
How is freddymercurystwin's suggestion going to work? The one where he runs the engine (axle stands, crane, anti-gravity device; whatever) to charge the battery, when the battery is too flat to start the engine, hmm?
Softus said:stevesey said:Serious or not - I'd like to know Softus' normal method of putting the car on axle stands (i.e. the one that requires a charged battery)keyplayer said:JohnD said:Yes - JohnD got it.stevesey said:Well I never
Well, I said I was tired.
However, my underlying point was this:
How is freddymercurystwin's suggestion going to work? The one where he runs the engine (axle stands, crane, anti-gravity device; whatever) to charge the battery, when the battery is too flat to start the engine, hmm?
Maybe he could spin the wheels really really fast by hand and get it to bump start!
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Okay then, maybe he could attach a rechargeable drill to the wheel and get it to spin that way?
Okay I'll take the bait!
Firstly;
Secondly;
The original poster wanted to know for how long he should run his engine in order to keep the battery topped up not how to get it started in the first place!
Firstly;
freddymercurystwin said:
Secondly;
The original poster wanted to know for how long he should run his engine in order to keep the battery topped up not how to get it started in the first place!
Well the technical answer is obvious: he needs to find out what amperage his alternater is chucking out and at what rpm and depending on his battery and what the demand on the battery is for starting the engine it should be possible to ascertain exactly for how long he would need to run his engine for. Any autoelectrician worth his salt would be able to tell him that in no time I'm sure.
The penny farthing just reminded me, does this car not have neutralSoftus said:stevesey said:Serious or not - I'd like to know Softus' normal method of putting the car on axle stands (i.e. the one that requires a charged battery)keyplayer said:JohnD said:Yes - JohnD got it.stevesey said:Well I never
Well, I said I was tired.
However, my underlying point was this:
How is freddymercurystwin's suggestion going to work? The one where he runs the engine (axle stands, crane, anti-gravity device; whatever) to charge the battery, when the battery is too flat to start the engine, hmm?
Softus said:stevesey said:Serious or not - I'd like to know Softus' normal method of putting the car on axle stands (i.e. the one that requires a charged battery)keyplayer said:JohnD said:Yes - JohnD got it.stevesey said:Well I never
I must say I'm disappointed. I thought you may have modified your vehicles to easily lift them quickly off the ground. You know, to enable you to make checks you otherwise wouldn't be able to. Like, o I dunno, checking all your tyres for nails for instance. Because otherwise, how would you know, unless the tyre had gone down? And I'm sure crafty would have paid you handsomely to do his as well.
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