Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 08:47 on 17 Feb 2004:

 BF> This is something I never have heard of but if you are having a
 BF> good battery this shouldn't be necessary. Only if you only drive
 BF> for a short distance to or from your work every day. Then the
 BF> battery never will be fully loaded.


Sweden is not the be-all or end-all for winter driving and you might pay
attention to what is done elsewhere. A trickle charger worked well for me
for several years, thereby extending the life od a so-so battery. 

 BF> All contacts and the solenoid are already optimized so there is no
 BF> waste. The problem is to turn the engine including all its
 BF> components like the generator,
 BF> waterpump, oilpump aso. and doing all this takes much power that
 BF> the battery have to provide to the starter.

It's nice to know all the parts are properly optimized now.  They certainly
were not in the 60s and 70s.  And remember that I go back far enough to
remember 6V batteries.:-)

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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