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Glen cassell
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Username: glencassell66

Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2015
Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 03:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am quite new to the make and break world and I will have more questions to come I'm sure but one thing puzzles me. From what I understand, there is no charging system on this engine but it requires a coil and battery to create the spark for ignition. My thought is, how long did or does the battery last like this? Did all of the fishermen in Newfoundland and everywhere else these engines were used have battery chargers? Seems impossible as a lot of the outports might not have even had electricity at the time, let alone the means to charge the battery ( I'm also assuming it's 12 volt). Can anyone tell me more about this?
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J.B. Castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 1048
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 08:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Most usede 4 dry cells for 6 volts, batteries were an expensive necessity. Magnetos were an option but they were expensive also, but you could finish paying for them. I don't know how long batteries lasted but they usually carried extras, amp meters were available to test batteries, usually one cell went out at a time.
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Tom Hardy
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Username: tom

Post Number: 37
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 09:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I remember the battery box, in father's dory carried six No. 6 batteries of 1.5 volt each. Only 4 were hooked up to the coil and engine. The other 2 were spare. Heard some got home with "D" cell batteries after the batteries they were using died.
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Glen cassell
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Username: glencassell66

Post Number: 3
Registered: 04-2015
Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2015 - 05:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow that's crazy, I guess they did what they had to do back then, beats rowing. Thanks for the info, very helpful.
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Andrew Rohan
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Username: andrew_73

Post Number: 2
Registered: 09-2016
Posted on Monday, September 19, 2016 - 08:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I buy 6 volt square energizer flash light battery usually get most of the summer out of it, keep a spare in the boat, very cheap!

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