Electra Battery

Previously Maurice Turlington wrote:

Can anyone tell me what the CCA (cold cranking amps) should be for the Electra. Would a CCA of 120amps be sufficient?

Hello Maurice.

I have an Electra . At first the electric starting was sluggish. I found the contactor points were very pitted.

I fitted a starting solenoid off a BMC Min. Cheap to purchase and easy to fit underneath the seat area.

Skimmed the com. in the lathe and fitted a good quality L/A 10 amp battery. @ £55.

The result is good. I put an industrial CCA meter on it and amps never exceeded 140.

However. I always kick it over first off.

I wrote a small article in Roadholder about doing work on the Lucas M3.

Hope it all goes ok at your end.

Kind regards

Martin Jones E.Y.NOC. chairman and secretary.

Previously Maurice Turlington wrote:

Can you remember which issue of Roadholder your article was in? I can't remember seeing it but I've only been a member for 2 years. Maurice

- Lucas M3 Starter Motor 337 Jan 2016 page 30

Previously Maurice Turlington wrote:

Previously martin_jones1 wrote:

Previously Maurice Turlington wrote:

Can anyone tell me what the CCA (cold cranking amps) should be for the Electra. Would a CCA of 120amps be sufficient?

Hello Maurice.

I have an Electra . At first the electric starting was sluggish. I found the contactor points were very pitted.

I fitted a starting solenoid off a BMC Min. Cheap to purchase and easy to fit underneath the seat area.

Skimmed the com. in the lathe and fitted a good quality L/A 10 amp battery. @ £55.

The result is good. I put an industrial CCA meter on it and amps never exceeded 140.

However. I always kick it over first off.

I wrote a small article in Roadholder about doing work on the Lucas M3.

Hope it all goes ok at your end.

Kind regards

Martin Jones E.Y.NOC. chairman and secretary.

Thanks Martin, that's useful. I'm going to fit a single 12v battery and the one I've found should fit the bill.

Can you remember which issue of Roadholder your article was in? I can't remember seeing it but I've only been a member for 2 years. Maurice

Can you tell me what battery you are going to use and where you are going to fit it as I am using 2x6v 11amp as I could not find a 12v 11/12amp that would fit in either location

I have a pair of 12N5-4B s in parallel in mine and it works fine. Whatever the CCA of this battery is X2

Previously jerry_jensen wrote:

I have a pair of 12N5-4B s in parallel in mine and it works fine. Whatever the CCA of this battery is X2

I was wondering if it was possible to get 1 12v 11/12 amp that would fit in the tool box , I an not sure if there is any benefit having 2x12v against 2x6v perhaps some one could explain

trevor