What ever, still sounds like electrical problems to me. Battery's should last longer than that. I never heard of any car going through battery's as fast as you are going through them. Mark V On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:16 AM, kayoong@xxxxxxx wrote: > Dear Mark V: > > By your comments, I guess I will let PJ Grady recheck my DeLorean's > electrical system again for I am due to their shop next week. > > In the past, Rob and Pat haven't found anything electrically wrong > except > with the cooling fan's circuit breakers and the Fanzilla's connectors > being over > taxed under heavy use over the years. I have even upgraded the > Fanzilla > Series 1 to the Series 2 two years ago upon Rob’s suggestion. And > yes, Pat at PJ > Grady does check all the grounding points on the chassis for > cleanliness as > to insure a good contact, when my car is at PJ Grady at least once if > not twice > a year. They know that my DeLorean is daily driven and I would take > long > trips many times a year exceeding over a 1,000 miles one way. They > always gave > my DeLorean a good go over and if anything that is not right, it gets > corrected, no matter the cost -- electrical, mechanical or other wise. > > About auto amplifiers. There are many "so called" high power amps on > the > market with some operating different or better then others and it has > been that > way for the last thirty plus years as far as I can remember. > > My experiences with high power amplifiers in my DeLorean are as > follows; my > first one I had installed was Blaupunkt amp along with a head unit and > auxiliary CD changer unit back in the Fall of 1996. I got rid of the > whole system > after five years and replaced it with a JL Audio 300/4 amp and Eclipse > head unit > and a CD changer. The JL amp was good sounding but the JL amp drew > too much > power and with the headlights and A/C on, the horns wouldn't work. > Also when > the audio system is playing and if I was to flash the high beams, the > amp > would cut out and come back on. That was a nuisance, so I decided to > take the > DeLorean to an authorized JL Audio dealer and installer as to have the > amp and > the electrical system checked out... They found nothing wrong and that > the amp > is functioning "normally." So, about eight months later I had the JL > amp > remove and replaced it with the Sinfoni120.4x amp. This amp has a > higher power > output and it draws less power than the JL amp. The Sinfoni amps is > a great > sounding amp and the JL Audio amp now sits in the basement were I last > left > it some two years ago. > > The alternator was updated, it is a 140 amp from Mr. John Harvey some > two > years ago. With ALL the electric components on and while creeping in > NYC's rush > hour traffic, the electrical demand will swing wildly between the > battery and > the alternator in order to supply the electrical demand in the extreme > hot > and the cold seasons. As I was told, this occuring situation can or > will cause > an early demise to the battery and or the alternator as well. I > believe > this is what is happening. The bottom line? Next to the DeLorean’s > uniqueness, the sound system is what I value when I am driving it > especially on long > trips. > > Anyway, maybe you want to take a crack in checking out my DeLorean's > electrical system? I will compensate you for your time. Maybe you > may have a > better understanding or have better luck then us? > > Kayo Ong > #5508 > Lic 9D NY > > > > In a message dated 8/17/05 7:53:12 PM, dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > >> I had 3 Big High End Amps in my Mustang plus power windows, A/C you >> know the works. I sold it with 98,000 with a battery that was well >> over >> 5 years old and original alternator. >> >> Oh yeah this was my daily driver. >> >> Sounds like electrical problems to me. >> >> Anybody else on this list have big Amplifiers with no battery trouble? >> >> My Delorean i have now has a big ass High End Amplifier in it now and >> no battery problems. This Amp has been in my car since i bought it in >> 2003. >> >> Mark V >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/