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Old February 14th 06, 12:31 PM posted to rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.makers.honda,rec.autos.tech
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Default Need ways to start a car with a dead battery.- 92 Civic Auto.

Sam Nickaby, > was motivated to say this in
rec.autos.driving on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:50:49 GMT:
> I have been thinking of a good way to prevent stranding
> myself from a dead battery. It happened twice. Once at a
> beach from leaving my lights on. The other was at a college
> campus which the stereo and the dome light ran down the
> battery. Unlike the beach, the college campus have lots of
> helpful students with beat up cars that have jumper cables.
> Now, I have a new idea. Once my battery runs dry, I
> remove my alternator belt and wrap a rope around the
> alternator pulley. I then pull the rope so it'll turn 10
> revolutions per pull. I keep doing this for about 20 times.
>
> What is the possibility that this will supply enough charge
> to start the car.


Slim and none. From your proposal, you would turn the alternator 200
times (20 pulls * 10 revolutions per pull). Most cars (once the engine
got running) would take about a couple of hours to charge a battery
(IIRC) if charged that way (maybe less for a partial charge to just
start the vehicle the next time). I don't know about your car, but mine
idles at about 800 to 1000 revolutions per *minute* so as such, I doubt
your plan would work.

> If not, can somebody think of a clever idea
> to start an automatic?


Couple of ideas: either a) a membership in AAA or similar auto club or
b) get a booster pack (or even a spare battery if you want to go to the
expense) from the parts store and keep that in the trunk for the next
time you have a dead battery...
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