Spare battery!

Discuss Electrical problems here.
Forum rules
By using this site, you agree to our rules. Please see: Terms of Use
Cam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5108
Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
MMOC Member: No

Post by Cam »

fred mumford eh? where is he now?

what's that behind you? your acting career mate
Oooooh! Saucer of milk, table five! :wink: :lol:
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

with a Mini when installing a 1715 watt stereo system
OK so you took precautions with the wiring, but how on earth did the body cope with it :o :o :o
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
bigginger
Minor Maniac
Posts: 5928
Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:01 pm
MMOC Member: No

Post by bigginger »

...and the car's body?
a
Cam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5108
Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
MMOC Member: No

Post by Cam »

Kevin wrote:OK so you took precautions with the wiring, but how on earth did the body cope with it :o :o :o
Fine. Although I bent the bootlock with the sound pressure :lol: I also had a nasty resonance which I eventually found to be the rear numberplate flapping on the bootlid! :lol:

The body structure was fine. I had a 1293cc engine installed, so it could cope with the extra weight!! :wink:

Some of the more amusing things was that it used to bounce the needles of the dash instruments about and move your hair and slightly blurr your vision :lol: :lol: Oh, those were the days............ :wink: :lol:

Actually if you spent a lot of time in there then it could make you feel nauseous......... also a friend of mine with cystic fibrosis said that it would be ideal for breaking up the mucus on his lungs and that maybe I should use it as a medical aid!!! :lol:
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

and move your hair and slightly blurr your vision
Well that explains the wiry hair and glasses you now need to drive with Cam.
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
Cam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5108
Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
MMOC Member: No

Post by Cam »

:lol: :lol:
rayofleamington
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
MMOC Member: No

Post by rayofleamington »

cheers, but the alternator kit for a morris? would that be enough to charge both units?
charging the battery depends on whether the alternator generates more or less power than you are using. If you use more power than the alternator provides, you will flatten the battery - 2 batteries just means that you flatten at half the rate which is the same as using 1 battery with twice the capacity.
However if go for a clever split system you can then get some advantage of the second battery whereby the ICE should not flatten the battery you use for vehicle functions.
Alec
Minor Legend
Posts: 2148
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:29 am
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire
MMOC Member: No

Post by Alec »

Ray,

what's a refrigerator got to do with it?

Alec
guydenning
Minor Fan
Posts: 158
Joined: Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:43 pm
Location: Bristol
MMOC Member: No

Post by guydenning »

Cam wrote:
Oooooh! Saucer of milk, table five! :wink: :lol:
i'll have to remember that one - champion
[url]http://www.guydenning.org[/url]
[url]http://www.40wc.org.uk[/url]


[img]http://guydenning.org/guyorg/vehicles.jpg[/img]
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

Ray,
what's a refrigerator got to do with it?
I thought I was past my sell by date Alec but ICE is for In Car Entertainment
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
rayofleamington
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
MMOC Member: No

Post by rayofleamington »

ah well - ICE is soon to be replaced by ICI (in car infotainmanent :-?)
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

Hi Ray did you mean Infotainment
And all I could find referred to infotainment content for your mobile, so I assume this is leading edge technology which could be useful in the Moggie, sports scores, stocks and shares, trivia games ect, but I think I will give this one a miss in mine, but for the technophobes like Kate it will be a must have I expect :wink:
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
Cam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5108
Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
MMOC Member: No

Post by Cam »

I think I'll stick to my radio/tape player thanks! :wink:
rayofleamington
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
MMOC Member: No

Post by rayofleamington »

Hi Ray did you mean Infotainment
oops - yes :lol:

Sooner or later your car will know which roads have jams/accidents and the car will make live chages to your route planner, and the passengers will have full internet access, and not just a DVD player - they'll be able to watch live downloads and play multiplayer games with their mates at home etc..

What ever happened to 'Are we nearly there yet?' :lol:
bigginger
Minor Maniac
Posts: 5928
Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:01 pm
MMOC Member: No

Post by bigginger »

Kevin wrote:but for the technophobes like Kate it will be a must have I expect :wink:
Technophile, surely?
a
Cam
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5108
Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
MMOC Member: No

Post by Cam »

Great, so that means that some poor bods have to come up with mobile technology to cope with an internet connection/general fast data transfer while moving around in a harsh mobile environment with motorway fading and doppler effects! :(

Just so some kids can play games!!! (and their parents can loose the skills of finding places!! :lol: )

Ah well, it keeps me in a job I suppose........... unfortunately........... :lol:
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

they'll be able to watch live downloads
Blimey Ray dont fancy that much :o
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
rayofleamington
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
MMOC Member: No

Post by rayofleamington »

Blimey Ray dont fancy that much
well - the technology ios already there to do that on mobile phones so eventually it will be used to shut the kids up on a long journey...
Gosh it's good not having kids * :lol: :lol:

* - so far.
Ray. MMOC#47368. Forum moderator.

Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block :(
Kevin
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7592
Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
MMOC Member: No

Post by Kevin »

Downloading is not so much a Technology down here more a er how do I put this ...........
Cheers

Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)

Herts Branch Member
Moderator MMOC 44706
rayofleamington
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7679
Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:55 pm
Location: LEAMINGTON SPA
MMOC Member: No

Post by rayofleamington »

I was reffering to downloading tv or films for family viewing Kevin.
Not sure what you were thinking ;-)
Post Reply