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Re: Subject: RE: Alternator and Light

To: HDRIDER570 <HDRIDER570@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Subject: RE: Alternator and Light
From: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:41:31 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net

On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, HDRIDER570 wrote:

> indicates.  Now it varies very little from the neutral position once the
> battery has had a chance to recharge from starting.  It will discharge
> momentarily when any electrical accessory is activated but I think that this
> is due to the fact that it takes a split second for the control box to react
> the increased load.  It will discharge at idle when the lights are on as the

This is true, and also because *all* electrical devices require a bit of
'extra' current to start them going.  That's why the lights in your house
dim if you flick on all the computer parts at once.

-Malcolm
(quantum mechanic ;-))


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