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1952 AEC Regal III [2547]
2017
Electrical September
- Norman Julian
- 30 September at 12:23
- I really liked doing this job. Sadly it has ended.
- I have them sitting here in position to show how they go.
- I ended up insulating them to easily identify positive from negative.
- Norman Julian
- This is the stuff they use on semi trailers.
- Phil Steele
- A good job, better than when first built
- Brian Blunt
- It never hurts to have good wiring.
- Make sure the fittings are screwed up tight on to the terminals, we have lost a few batteries from the lead melting during starting.
- Norman Julian
- Yeah Brian.
- I learnt the hard way the first time I connected a battery up.
- If you don't have them on properly and tighten them up they can easily destroy the terminal connection on the battery.
- Norman Julian 29 Sep
- This was only hanging on by a few threads.
- Norman Julian 29 Sep
- This is the thing I like to do.
- One battery lead done.
- It's a lot more flexible than the original.
- Norman Julian
- I haven't been doing that with these tests with lights etc. I will though when the times comes to start it up.
- Brian Blunt
- I think you want to keep things original, but we have saved a lot of problems by putting Anderson plugs in the vehicles, and having the leads with matching plugs "semi-permanently" attached to the batteries.
- Norman Julian
- I am trying to keep things as original as possible Brian but every now an then I do change things and add things like for instance in the battery box which is made differently to the original as well as adding a light and also changing the terminal connections position as you can see.
- Brian Blunt
- In your case, you will probably be the only one playing with the batteries and are aware of the pitfalls.
- We have a lot of vehicles, less batteries (so a lot of swapping around), and people involved who don't really worry about such "technicalities" as tightening terminals.
- The system has paid dividends in extending battery life.
- Norman Julian
- Don't know this.
- Andrew Blacklock
- Years ago a good auto electrician would repair the terminals for you if they had melted the battery posts but I bet that would be hard to get someone to do for you now
- Greg Scott
- Turns out what I was thinking norm ! Plenty of spare room in the battery box with the smaller modern batteries !
- Norman Julian
- They used to use 4 x 6 volt Greg. That's probably the reason for so much space.
- Andrew Blacklock
- I never had much luck with that size 12 volt batteries. Prefer two N150 size batteries.
- Norman Julian
- Does anyone know the proper type of batteries to use.
- I need to know the dimensions because I'm about to make a battery frame for holding the batteries.
- Andrew Blacklock
- Norman Julian go the big N150 if the will fit.
- You will find measurements on battery company web sites
- Norman Julian
- Thanks for that info buddy but for the amount of driving I do I will stick with the ones I have.
- Andrew Blacklock
- Until next time and I bet you go heavier duty then
- Norman Julian
- It's not that.
- I want to make a battery box and those batteries are too large.
- I wont be driving it that much and the batteries I have can fit into my landrover.
- I can change them quite regularly.
- Brian Blunt
- You can get away with the smaller batteries if you keep them permanently hooked up to a "smart charger" (such as C-Tek).
- Norman Julian
- Mine are the N70s and they fit in the 4WD
- Brian Blunt
- The main consideration is the CCA "cranking amps" capacity of the battery vs the current draw of the starter motor. Too much draw, too often, is not good for a smaller battery.
- Should not be too much of a problem if the engine fires up quickly, but prolonged cranking will kill them quickly.
- Our AEC doesn't give problems, even when it has been sitting for months. Some others we have to wind over for a while just to get fuel up.
- Norman Julian
- 720 cranking amps
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