On 12/2/2015 7:57 PM, Micky wrote:



(BTW, I used that the winter of '67-68 to keep the 6-volt battery in
my '50 Olds charged, but putting it on the 6 volt setting was not
enough, so I put it on 12v. and the little glass circuit breaker (the
shape of a little neon light) would trip after about 20 seconds, then
reset after about 10 seconds, so during the 3+ months the car was
hooked up that way, it tripped about 300,000 times, but the circuit
breaker still works fine.

(120x24x100 2400+480=3000 x 100=300,000 )




Neat


In 1971 I had a '53 Chevy 3100 truck


Made a battery charger from using a six volt filament winding from the
power transformer from my Ham Radio transmitter and a bridge rectifier.


Ran the extension cord across the sidewalk to keep the battery charged
and though it got quite cold the truck usually started.


I always worried about the cord across the sidewalk but no one messed
with it. Probably not too many pedestrians in those cold winters.