I always thought 13.5v for a gharged battery + 1.0v for charging system.
check it on your
other cars ( non LBC ) should pan out..
Must be some fancy crank in that V-twin to have both pistons TDC at the
same time, huh ?
Do I win a free beer ???
john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget
On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:11:36 -0500 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
writes:
>Barney Gaylord wrote:
>
>> Put the volt meter on the battery terminals, directly on the battery
>> terminals, not on the cable ends. With the ignition switch off, the
>idle
>> battery in good condition should read 12.6 volts. <snip>
>
>Hmmm. I've always thought automotive batteries consisted of cells with
>each
>cell producing 2.2 volts when in optimum condition. 12 volt batteries
>have 6
>cells and 6 volt batteries have 3 cells.
>
>So, am I to understand that 2.2 volts times 6 cells is 12.6 volts?
>
>> Start the engine and check the voltage at the battery again. You
>should
>> see an increase in voltage with the generator charging, at least 1
>volt
>> higher, nominally 14 volts.
>
>I see. So 12.6 volts + 1 volt is nominally 14 volts?
>
>> Barney Gaylord
>> 1958 MGA with an attitude
>
>Could it be?
>
>And Dan Masters got his coils in a vice, too.
>
>Wow. It's been quite a week.
>
>Furthermore, I can't wait to hear the next chapter from Morrison on
>how a 45
>degree, single-crankpin V-twin can have a single spark hit TDC on the
>compression stroke of one cylinder while the other fires at TDC on the
>exhaust
>stroke.
>
>Hint: think Bavarian.
>
>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT (broken), '75TR6 (parked with a 16.75
>volt
>alternator)
>"Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the
>brain exists
>merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of
>thinking. This
>is true only of certain persons." -- Will Cuppy
>
>
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