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RE: electrical guru, please!

To: "'Douglas Frank'" <frank@zk3.dec.com>,
Subject: RE: electrical guru, please!
From: Rick Gregory <Rick@ncmg.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:12:50 -0600
Please, please, don't buy a Mac! - then you will be truly doomed to a life
of misery!
Keep the PC, drop CompuServe and upgrade to the latest version of Acrobat.
There are people here to help you!

Rick Gregory - MCSE, MCSA
'74 Spitfire 1500
Great Falls, Montana



-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Frank [mailto:frank@zk3.dec.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:48 AM
To: Dave Massey; triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: electrical guru, please!


Dave Massey wrote:
> 
> > My questions to The Oracle are, what's the thin hot wire to the
> > alternator for?  What should I do about this alternator? 
>
> A 9 mA draw is typical (I measured the same on my 74 TR6 at one time) and
> results in a 1.5 A-H discharge over a week.

OK, I should not worry and just be happy?  Yay!

> Since your car
> was not designed with the intent of sitting idle for more than a few days
> at a time,

Geez, you mean they weren't MEANT to sit on jackstands for
two years?   That don't make no sense a-tall Gomer, they's
British ain't they?
 
> Now, oh Great God of Software, why does my compuserve always crash when it
> tries to open Acrobat?   ;-)

Ah, Grasshopper, you must cast the spells correctly or else
you are doomed! DOOMED!  WOE, woe is you!  Oh, but... you
could also... buy a Mac.

--
Douglas 

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