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The Morgan looks great , that steering wheel especially , and so does the Spaniel ! 
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Problem is most people dont have a clue how long the engine has to run to fully charge a battery and think that a 15 minute run is enough. In reality if your battery is half charged it will take hours running to get it to full because the charging current drops of sharply as the battery voltage rises.
I suspect that this is less of an issue with modern alternators. There are a number of references to modern charging systems on TM recently. No or at least not really. The issue is that the current flow is dependant amongst other things on the voltage of the battery itself so that as the battery voltage rises the current falls. Your 60 amp alternator could easily only be chanrging at 10 amps or less as a result. I did some monitoring on my boat and it was several housrs to get a half charged battery near full with a 60 amp nominal alternator
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All Morgans are work in progress, some need more work than others...
Are you suggesting that they are the automotive equivalent of Spaniels ? ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2021/01/04/5D96216D-0DDB-4775-B440-75D7D636970C_1_201_a.jpg) (Labradors are born half trained. Spaniels die half trained). Still trying to get ours anywhere near half trained.
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re brakes and steering feel... are they the same products as fitted to early production demonstrators?
iirc Morgan have some history of doing their development work with one setup, and then changing manufacturers for this month's production, ignoring the effect on the dynamic experience. SOmetimes it's a win - I got Yokohamas on my Aero, and like them a lot. It wouldn't surprise me if early build cars used a different manufacturer's brake pads and tyres, and the change will happen when Morgan run out of the stock they've bought.
Will My Plus Four was October 2020 production so not the first batch by any means but you might be correct about a production change for some parts of course. From previous work with OEMs on electric power steering I also know there are lots of tolerance issues which substantially affect steering feel at work here. It also might just need further bedding on of the rack, shaft, motor gearbox/whatever. However, as far as the brakes are concerned I struggel to make excuses for them - they are just plain poor on my car. I'll be booking the car back into the dealer for attention in due course (once lock down levels are relaxed hopefully). I'll keep you posted. PS; Battery life is pretty good for a modern car. I haven't got a spare charger for it yet and haven't charged it but no probs so far - even started this morning after a short 3 week hibernation. .
Ian
A convert to the joy of Morgans after years of motorcycles
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All Morgans are work in progress, some need more work than others...
Are you suggesting that they are the automotive equivalent of Spaniels ? (Labradors are born half trained. Spaniels die half trained). I think that is an excellent analogy... much prefer a spaniel to a Labradors. When I married Caroline she had an Irish Springer, by the name of Olympus. A wonderful, if somewhat eccentric dog.
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My mate breeds and trains Spaniels for the shoot and at 5k a pop they are amazing dogs we always have one with us, so like a Morgan you need just a bit more application  His dogs just like Morgan are all over the country now. He breeds and trains Black Labs for the retrieving role but by far prefers the challenge with the Spaniels.
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Richard you are not wrong about the challenge with Spaniels. We regularly walk and look after a friends twin brothers, both are scatterbrained even at 8 years old, but good exercise though.
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Springer Spaniels. Has anyone managed to completely suppress the mad gene? Alfie was our typical lunatic Springer. Our Cocker, Monty, spent his first four years learning from him. Not quite as mad but part way down the road.They are very intelligent dogs. They learn how to control you.
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When Treacle came to us, she was already 6 years old and pretty set in her ways.
If what you wanted her to do coincided with her own agenda, then she would go along with it, but if she had other plans, not so much.
Despite frustrating us with her waywardness, she was one of the most charming and affectionate dogs ever.
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Springer Spaniels. Has anyone managed to completely suppress the mad gene? Alfie was our typical lunatic Springer. Our Cocker, Monty, spent his first four years learning from him. Not quite as mad but part way down the road.They are very intelligent dogs. They learn how to control you. Certainly we are failing. At 2 1/2 Max has all the powers of concentration that you might expect of any teenager so he wil;l do what you tell him in the house and in the garden, but anywhere else ;life is all about smells, birds, and cats. Goes absolutely nuts if he sees a cat and I havent a clue what we can do about it.
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