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echo: electronics
to: JAY EMRIE
from: ROBERT SAYRE
date: 2003-01-10 09:30:00
subject: HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES

JB> Rainly night city driving does it to me, wipers and two headlights
JB> while spendind most of my time at idling the motor  while at
JB> traffic lights...

JB> I drive round in a lower gear, and apply the park brake and run
JB> the moto little faster when stopped... seems to solve it for me.

JE> You haven't solved a cotton picking thing. You have just
JE> circumvented the problem! Why not actually FIX the problem
JE> by replacing the alternator or finding the root cause of the
JE> problem?

 As I understand it, many car charging systems
will not supply enough power at idle to run all
of these items. They expect the battery to
carry them through the "idle times"  and then
get replenished while moving down the road.   :^)

 TTYL.

 Robert

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