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Battery relocation
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Battery relocation
Has anyone relocated the battery from under the rear seat, into the engine bay or boot in a Conquest
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Re: Battery relocation
Oh,why would you want to? It’s nice and out of the way there.
Graham Emmett ¦ DLOC Chairman ¦ chair@dloc.co.uk ¦ 07967 109160
Northwich, Cheshire
DB18 1949 LCV522 (Yes that one with the P100s)
Northwich, Cheshire
DB18 1949 LCV522 (Yes that one with the P100s)
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Re: Battery relocation
Ode to a Daimler Battery.
I am a happy battery,
The designer was no fool.
He put me outside the engine bay,
To keep me nice and cool.
You see if I'm hot and bothered,
My volts may die of fright.
Because those extra B.T.U's,
Boil away my electrolyte.
So he put me under the rear seat,
Then when my water levels topped -
You can find the coins and sweets,
The passengers have dropped.
I am a happy battery,
The designer was no fool.
He put me outside the engine bay,
To keep me nice and cool.
You see if I'm hot and bothered,
My volts may die of fright.
Because those extra B.T.U's,
Boil away my electrolyte.
So he put me under the rear seat,
Then when my water levels topped -
You can find the coins and sweets,
The passengers have dropped.
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- Chief Geek
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- Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:12 pm
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Re: Battery relocation
Graham Emmett ¦ DLOC Chairman ¦ chair@dloc.co.uk ¦ 07967 109160
Northwich, Cheshire
DB18 1949 LCV522 (Yes that one with the P100s)
Northwich, Cheshire
DB18 1949 LCV522 (Yes that one with the P100s)
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Re: Battery relocation
Love it Stan and it does work.
Mrs S has a petrol A class Mercedes which is 12 years old, its original battery which is away from the engine under the driver seat is still working fine. Those old car designers knew a thing or two about battery positioning.
For what it is worth, I would never put a battery in the boot of a car out of choice, the current drop, even in hefty cables, is such that on a cold morning with thick oil the voltage drop at the starter would be hefty. The shorter and thicker the main battery leads the better. Syd
Mrs S has a petrol A class Mercedes which is 12 years old, its original battery which is away from the engine under the driver seat is still working fine. Those old car designers knew a thing or two about battery positioning.
For what it is worth, I would never put a battery in the boot of a car out of choice, the current drop, even in hefty cables, is such that on a cold morning with thick oil the voltage drop at the starter would be hefty. The shorter and thicker the main battery leads the better. Syd
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Re: Battery relocation
How right you are Syd!
With a remote battery (say in the rear or boot) whilst the voltage drop is miniscule if tested with a voltmeter - leave it connected then crank the engne especially on a cold day, and the voltage drops to somewhere nearer eight or nine volts, both making cranking sluggish and "starving" the coil. That is why the engine only seems to fire once or twice as you release the starter button - when full votage goes momentarilly to the coil, but there is insufficient momentum in the flywheel to carry the engine over and run.
And I take your point about cold oil drag. Multiply that by 11.894% and that's what its like trying to get all the cocoa tins sliding up and down against each other in a sleeve valve engine on a cold day!!
Its called a Knight sleeve valve engine because if you have one, you don't sleep at (k)night.
Stan.
With a remote battery (say in the rear or boot) whilst the voltage drop is miniscule if tested with a voltmeter - leave it connected then crank the engne especially on a cold day, and the voltage drops to somewhere nearer eight or nine volts, both making cranking sluggish and "starving" the coil. That is why the engine only seems to fire once or twice as you release the starter button - when full votage goes momentarilly to the coil, but there is insufficient momentum in the flywheel to carry the engine over and run.
And I take your point about cold oil drag. Multiply that by 11.894% and that's what its like trying to get all the cocoa tins sliding up and down against each other in a sleeve valve engine on a cold day!!
Its called a Knight sleeve valve engine because if you have one, you don't sleep at (k)night.
Stan.