[ROVERNET - UK] Battery in Boot?

[Jonathan Hewison]

Both of my P6Bs' had their batteries in the boot- I thought it was
factory standard or am I missing something here? 


Jonathan Hewison
Engineering Technician
Faculty of Architecture & Design 
Victoria University of Wellington
Te Whare Wananga o Te Upoko o Te Ika 
New Zealand. 
www.vuw.ac.nz
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Thornton [mailto:R.Thornton at adelaidecitycouncil.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 12 September 2004 2:30 p.m.
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Battery in Boot?

Over 5 million classic Minis had batteries in the boot - admittedly the
battery cable was shorter.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf Of Tom Trafton
Sent: Saturday, 11 September 2004 2:05 AM
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Battery in Boot?


Thanks for the advice, Kent.  Given that it is not all that necessary to
move the battery, and based on your advice, that from Eric, and others,
I think I will skip making this mod.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at swbell.net>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Battery in Boot?


> After thinking about it, I would add another caution
> to Eric's.  My first TR8 suffered a major fire from a
> dead short in the long battery cable.  My present TR8
> is a rebody using a '79 shell and, although I have all
> the rear battery parts, I have never changed the
> battery to the boot.  That fire was too painful.  If
> you do mount the boot battery, install a battery
> switch in the positive cable....and use it.
>
> Kent K.
>
> --- Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Tom,
> > My first career involved installing RADAR and depth sounders on both

> > deep sea ships, tug boats, and fishing boats.  The small craft were 
> > fitted with a small AC generator run by the boats' DC batteries.
> > It
> > was always our objective to get the generator as
> > close
> > as we could to the batteries to avoid voltage loss.
> > I
> > have now forgotten the mathematic formula to
> > calculate
> > the voltage drop for a length of wire based upon its
> > diameter.  Perhaps somebody can help with that.
> >
> > I think it creates another variable for you with
> > regard to starting power but I thought I should give
> > you a caution rather than just reading and moving
> > on.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
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