Re: Flat locomotive batteries question

[Haggis <wartune@one.net.au>]

One common cause of dead batteries in Loco's is the lack of water in them
caused by an over charging Voltage Regulator on the Locomotive, it also
causes headlights to stop working depending on how bad the fault is.

Lack of routine maintenance is another cause. Due to cost cutting
maintenance seems to be done only at ever increasing intervals of time.

Brian

Chester wrote:

> I was just wondering how common was it for locomotives in Austraila to
> be disabled by having a flat battery.  What are the usual causes of a
> flat battery (yes I know leaving something on, but what is normaly
> left on) and is it more common here in Australia or overseas.
>
> Thank you
> David Chester