<VV> Battery charger problem solved - starter was jammed ...

[Charles Lee]

I (think I) fixed the 'hard to crank' problem and am now back to the original problem :

I want to  use this "Engine Start" unit to avoid damaging the battery by continually starting the engine.

Ultimately, I would prefer to remove the battery and just use "house current" (120 AC)  to crank the engine without "annoying" the battery at all.

The two different, oversized, good batteries in parallel with the "Engine Start" unit ensure that I have enough "juice" to crank, without dealing with dead batteries in the middle of a job !

Now, we'll see if 50 Amps is enough to do the job, when the sun comes up tomorrow !

Thanks for all your help - 
Charlie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Monasterio 
  To: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net ; Charles Lee ; VirtualVairs 
  Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 3:26 PM
  Subject: RE: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?


  I think a 50 amp. charger could not work fine by itself but, supporting a low charged battery, as a good starter (with clean cable conections) uses up to 180amps. I would try slow charging the battery first (say 1 hour) and then try again with battery + 50 amp charge.

  Daniel Monasterio







  > From: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
  > To: Chaz at ProperProper.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
  > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:10:02 -0500
  > Subject: Re: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?
  > 
  > Clean the connections - including the ground at the alternator bracket. If 
  > that does not do it, clean the connections at the starter.
  > Later, JR
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
  > To: "corvair" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
  > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 5:05 PM
  > Subject: Re: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?
  > 
  > 
  > > OK, now I may have killed my 67 Monza 110's battery or possibly the 
  > > starter,
  > > starting it so many times ?
  > >
  > > I replaced the battery, same slow cranking, so I got a Battery charger 
  > > with
  > > 50 Amp "Engine Start" and no internal battery that needs charging first.
  > >
  > > Still, same slow cranking. Maybe 50 Amps is not enough (Sears has an 80
  > > Amp model) ?
  > >
  > > Maybe I've worn out the starter ?
  > >
  > > Thank you for your support !
  > > Charlie
  > >
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