Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:41:57 -0400
Reply-To: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
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From: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Danger - Jump Starting with AC on !
while obviously good practice to minimize electrical load on both vehicles
for either boost or true jump start, AC on was probably a mere correlation
rather than cause and effect - else belts flying would also happen with AC
on in car doing the jumping!
AC and blower bypassed on most cars during cranking anyway.
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:34:11 EDT, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
>Just a note of warning, since we have a recent thread of AC going on. Do
>not attempt to jump start a van with a dead battery with a van with the AC
>running. Why, just listen to this one. Sunday as BusFusion is winding
up a
>woman with an '84 Vanagon has a dead battery. The battery was brand new
from
>Canadian Tire which her son brought up to the Fairgrounds to replace her
tired
>and worn out battery. Why the new one was dead is still not known.
However,
>as myself and a few friends try to jump start her van using my CARAT with
my
>friend Simon at the helm of the CARAT keeping the RPMs around 3000 and I
at
>the helm of the '84, we hear a loud bang and clanking sounds from the
CARAT's
>engine compartment and the engine locks up as if it seized. What
happened ?
> Well, quite the mess, the alternator locked up from being over loaded
trying
>to maintain the AC, front fan, whatever else was running and trying to
>charge the dead battery. When the alternator locked up it threw the belt
which
>took the other two belts with it, which in turn took the dipstick tube and
>wrapped it around the pulley which in turn grabbed the coolant hose/pipe
>connection behind the pulley and ripped that out spewing all the hot
coolant out on
>the ground. Clean up and repair still in progress. Engine seems to have
>survived.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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>camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
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