From: Bill (bill@welovenh.com)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 16:03:41 PST
Sonny,
Mute Point.
If it was made in the United Kingdom it probably had Lucas components
and the lights wouldn't work in the first place.....;}
Bill
Sonny Heath wrote:
> Okay Noel,
>
> Let me ask this another way. Lets take a vehicle that was manufactured in
> the United Kingdom, say a farm tractor, fitted to be operated on the public
> roads for example, a Field Marshall we will say. Lets say it was made with
> lights and a unit to power these lights up ran from a belt from the
> flywheel. What IS that item that makes these lightbulbs burn? There is, nor
> was there ever a battery or a starter motor.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] CCKW generator not working....any quick fix tricks ?
>
>
>
>>Actually I always thought that a Dynamo was a device to make lights. Not
>
> to
>
>>charge a battery, just make lights. Am I wrong?
>>
>>Sonny
>>
>>Hi Sonny ,
>> No ! Now you`ve thrown a spanner in the works ! whilst in
>>vehicle parlance over here {UK } a dynamo is a DC generator , on a bicycle
>
> a
>
>>dynamo is an AC generator or more correctly an alternator , that powers
>
> the
>
>>lights !
>>HOW can I possibly explain this in simple terms to the rest of the list
>>without getting thrown to the dogs ?
>>
>> Do I get a last request , before sentence is carried out
>
> ?
>
>> Noel
>>
>>
>>
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