P plate training ...not

much like air conditioning, the alternator still turns over at a constant
rate no matter how much power your draining!

 

<Me> watches the P platers go through thecertified highspeed drivers check
list.

tyres including valve cap tightness, air pressure, tread, check (apparently
if the valve caps arnt on, a tyre can suck in the valve stem and cause a
blow out under extreme highload according to instructors?!)
engine oils, fluids, check
Belt tension, Check
Battery Fluid, Check
Lights, blinkers, red and blue's, siren (providing you stuff it with a rag),
Check
External check of vehicle for damage.
Get in vehicle,
Seatbelts, position, check
Adjust mirrors check,
windows up, door locked for added safety in a roll over, check.

start motor, all warning lights off, check
put vehicle into neutral, check handbrake, check,
place in gear, slowly release foot break to double check handbreak, check,

take off ensuring the radio is low so you can hear any mechanical noises!

 

you arnt allowed to have your driving lights on in a built up area unless
faced with reduced visibility, rain, sleet, fog!

you can ban driving lights, you obviously live in the city area!

Apps for Cross Post to feed the trolls!

 

I constantly wonder why the local coppers ignore it , perhaps they are
to intent on dnouts or knocking off ?

 

Yeah; I've heard those words before.........

 

That's quite UN-like car airconditioning which has uses an electric clutch
to engage and disengage the compressor from the pully!
Car alternators and older large-bike alternators use a brush to power the
electromagnetic rotor.
The more power into the rotor, the stronger the magnetism and therefore the
more power out. The downside is that they're more expensive to manufacture
and the brush wears out.
The new ones use permanent magnets so they run flat-out all the time. The
downside is they take more energy from the engine and turn all the unneeded
output into heat.

Older small-bike alternators generally just open-circuited one or two of the
three alternator phases thus having a crude three-step output which was fine
when you only needed power to run; not START the engine!

 

I will be going if I get there.

Boxer

 

~
[boggle] I've never hear THAT one!!
--
Clem

"If I don't answer you, it's because I believe my point has been made in the
current post or others on the subject or that the points of argument
presented are illogical." ..... Toosmoky

 

It's a Hammo question. What do you think?

Theo
Also confused about getting 110 watts of light with no power input.

 

Terrible! Does that work for the air-conditioner as well?

Theo

 

Lies down in the gutter until partially sober and then staggers home?

Theo

 

I think the centripetal force sucks it in to the centre.

Theo
New to me too.

 

In WA, $200 fine if fog-lights on when no fog, $400 if on in conjunction
with headlights.
Enforcement - nil. Compliance - nil.

Theo

 

You aren't (in WA) allowed to have your driving lights on in a built-up
area, period.

Theo

 

Exactly the same if the air conditioner is an alternator. I know stuff
all about electrics, which is probably obvious.. but if the moving parts
of the alternator are in constant motion which is determined by the
crankshaft, and is producing a supply of electricity, and the current
produced is drawn on my the engine electrics, other electrics, whatever
is left is stored in the battery, and whatever is left over after that
disappears into void, and the load on the crank of the moving parts of
the alternator is constant, how does adding more load to the alternator
output increase the physical load on the crank and increase fuel
consumption?

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

The amount of demand varies with consumption , so if you need more
electrical energy more mechanical resistance to rotational force is
required .
Now do you understand ( the alternator is not a constant load)

 

Nev, it doesn't apply in this case but if you've ever get a chance to play
with one of those old hand-cranked telephones just try turning the handle
when you've got a short-circuit across the terminals and you'll see that
electrical load does very much create crank load.

 

I've got one of those in the shed. Made in 189x. I've rewired it to ring the
bell locally.
The damn thing has a 'child-proof' feature. You have to hold down a button
on the top of the phone for the cranking to have a circuit.

Those bloody kids in 1900! Probably grew into responsible
G-G-G-Grandparents.

Theo

 

By "driving lights", are you referring to high beams, or only additional lights fitted to improve visibility?

I know in some states (Tasmania being one of them) high beams are not allowed to be used in built up areas. However in Victoria high
beams are permitted anywhere to improve visibility, provided there is not a vehicle in front (heading in either direction) within
200 metres.

Reading through the regs and there's no mention of additional high-powred lights and their use, other than "fog lights".

 

High beams. Driivng lights are not allowed to be wired so that they can be
on except with high beam. So you can't have them on unless you are on high
beam.

Theo