[DeTomaso] question for the world

[Charles McCall]

Slightly different question - how long will a car run ONLY on battery power
- ie your alternator is shot?

You start with a fully charged battery but your charging system has gone
south. You have no electrical devices (radio, A/C, headlights) operating.
You are just cruising at a steady 60mph on the high way. How long will it
take your ignition system and whatever else to run down your battery?

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, astephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:

>
> . The question came up how long would a car run without ANY
> > charging going to the battery?
>
>
>        Till it runs out of gas?  I suspected a bad battery in my 88 GMC
> pick up truck.  It wouldn't start unless I had the battery charger hooked
> up
> to it.  Having no other running vehicle,  I drove the truck to the auto
> parts store to test the battery.  Knowing if the problem was the starter
> and
> not the battery and that I would be screwed if I shut the engine off,  I
> removed the battery while the engine was running and what do you know,  it
> continued to run!  The battery tested fine and the parts guy told me that
> sometimes when a starter starts going bad,  it will require more amps to
> start the engine.  That is apparently what was happening.  The starter
> needed more amps than my good battery could provide.  I replace the starter
> and all was well.
>
> Art
>
>
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