20-02-2019, 08:18 PM
Is it just me....current Ruby and previous Ulsteriod whose dash and instruments certanly did not come from Longbridge Competition Dept the procedure is fire it up with switch pointing to "summer" with ignition light on. When running with some revs turn switch clockwise to "winter" light goes off ammeter indicates charge. Next two positions are of course sidelights then headlights. I put it on the charge every now and again as instinct or memory suggests. In the dim and distant past every autumn I'd crank up the third brush in the hope of having enough charge to keep lights for at least the first four or five hours of night driving. That roughly 10 amps of charge would frighten me if in the daylight I'd put it on to charge and forgotten to turn back for an hour, fearing boiling the battery. In these wonderful days of LED cards there is little to worry about. I have driven or passengered in cars of a similar age where charging is also selective, including a 20/25 Rolls where the klaxon needed so much juice that it quickly had to be switched to charge before sounding the horn. Things modern drivers don't understand, sight distances, minimal braking, making electrical adjustments before sounding the horn....