Glen,list,
My Honda 90 Trail has a 6 volt battery. They are cheap and plentiful at
motorcycle shops.
Howard Nafzger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Ridlen" <gridlen@yahoo.com>
To: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; <ardunbill@webtv.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:51 AM
Subject: Battery Voltage
> Russ, I have been thinking about a 6 and a12V in series for 18 V. We don't
run a generator and ignition systems are designed for generator voltage
around 14.5V. I read somewhere that MSD systems are very happy at 18V. Not
sure where you find a 6V battery these days... I didn't see any at Walmart.
>
Glenn
> Russel Mack <rtmack@concentric.net> wrote:Bill:
> obviously most of the bike's circuitry wouldn't like 24v; probably fry the
> ECU, for one thing. What Sparky and I were discussing was the starter on
an
> isolated circuit, with the remainder of the bike still running 12v.
>
> Running 2 batts in parallel (or one BIGGER batt)-- as you suggest-- would
> give more amp-hours, and the ability to sustain cranking. The way it would
> help an over-worked starter is that the starter tends to stall, and draw
the
> voltage (in the small battery) down below 12v (actually, 12.6); with a lot
> more amp-hour capacity it can't draw-down the voltage, and there is more
> likelihood that the engine will crank.
>
> 24v would make it almost certain that the engine will crank.
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