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Re: Relays

On Oct 4, 2004, at 10:36 PM, James H. Nazarian, Ph. D. wrote:

> Apparently you've been lucky and never had to drive a car with a 
> totally dead battery, or seen a deisel engine running without any 
> battery at all.
>
>

Well a diesel does not need an alternator to run the ENGINE. The 
compression stroke cause the diesel fuel to ignite. I was left standing 
on the side of the road while riding my R80 when the battery died and 
so did the R80. It took two jumpstarts to get home.


Robert

04 Yamaha FZ6

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