[Eug-lug] hardware query...

[Russell Johnson]

dooger watts wrote:
> Russell Johnson wrote:
>> But you knew that, didn't you? :)
>
> Here's another little tidbit that everyone knows--or should--but 
> somehow manages to ignore.
>
> Generators/alternators were NOT designed to charge a dead battery. 
> That's why when folks ask me for a jump, I offer instead to take them 
> home or else to remove their battery and take it somewhere and get it 
> charged for them.  
If it's truly dead, I'd agree. However, many vehicles won't turn over 
when the battery is still at 50%. Anecdotally, I'd bet that most "dead 
batteries" fall into this category.

Russ.