Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:27:10 +0200
- Message No. 4279
From: "Devreux, Eric"
Subject: RE: Tripmaster - Battery problems?
Sorry, I had to write 'nylon stop nut' instead of 'nylstop bolt'...
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Devreux, Eric
>Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 2:24 PM
>To: 'gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk'; 'xrv@atic.org'
>Subject: RE: (XRV) Tripmaster - Battery problems?
>
>I definitively fixed my recurrent loosy battery cable problem with a
>nylstop bolt two years ago. No problem at all since then.
>Eric
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk [SMTP:gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk]
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 10:33 AM
>>To: Manfred.Rebl@at.siemens.de; jperei@crazy.fe.up.pt; xrv@atic.org
>>Subject: Re: (XRV) Tripmaster - Battery problems?
>>
>>
>>
>>Yes, typical symptoms of the (+) cable losing contact. It happens to me
>>once a week almost. I am considering superglue the bloody screw on the
>>battery!!!
>>
>>Just make sure the screws keeping the cables attached to the battery are
>>really really TIGHT. And if you want my opinion, make sure at least once
>>per week, as you can easily end up like old George: pushing the bike home,
>>when the @ had used all power, was not charging the battery because of
>>loose cable and eventually did not have enough power for the fuel pump to
>>work...
>>
>>George
>>
>>
www@atic.org