Recent content by ironfly28

Maybe post this on the Chevy Ched and see what they have to say ��

It's the generator cutout assembly on top of the generator... it's snug in place but has some junk drawer washers added to the mounting surface. I'm sure it's fine but it sticks out against the wiring which has a very professional finish. I've now deep sixed the deep cycle.

That's exactly the path I'm heading down...I'll even consider leaving a second optima unhooked in the tray as a back up to fill the space. The charging system looks to be very nice but there's some suspect hardware on the generator cutout. I've always practiced leaving the car on the trickle...

Well, I'll have to get into it then. It is Odd that s car would need two batteries.

I never could get parallel and series right. Two batteries one point for electricity to flow is what I'm dealing with...the rates for charging are way different as exemplified by the time it took to charge the optima versus the conventional battery.

They are in parallel, thanks. If you look at them without taking into account positive ground they're in series...see what I mean? Anyway, what issues would dissimilar batteries create? If they're rated the same and grounded equally what trouble could they make?

It is a six volt car... positive ground. I'm not sure why he put in two batteries but I presume it's to assist with the modern light bulbs the car is running. I also assumed that maybe the second battery was for backup. I just don't know. For clarity the negatives are wired together the...

Apologies... semantics. I mean to say the ground cable has a little play. But it's been starting fine that way for the 4 months I've owned it and for an untold amount of time before that so I'm not going to address it until it's running again.

Thanks for this chart! I didn't realize the margins were so tight. I guess I'm used to Turbine engines where you can have 30% under voltage and still get a start. On Morning inspection I discovered that what I thought was the charger kicking off at 5.86 was actually an I advertsnt trip of the...

So like a dummy I left an after market electric fuel pump in the ON mode for a few days... Came out to start my '38 deluxe and the only sound I got was crickets. And lots of dark. Dead, nothing no lights...nada. So I unhooked the batteries and charged them up to a good 5.86 volts. The previous...

It's not just southerners...those snobs do that to everyone...movie shoots can get very trying but they do help pay for car parts.

Whew! Either way I dodged a bullet with that one!

Thanks everyone! I took that Avatar pic about 11 years ago to cause a couple of heart attacks. No flat heads were harmed in the making. I'd like to change my Avatar but I'm having tech difficulty. Please bear (I know that's the wrong spelling but I don't want to be taken literally) with me.

Thanks petehoovie! I'm having problems posting pictures in threads right now.