I agree with Randall about the numbers being off.? Make sure your volt
meter is on DC and not AC.? A dead battery is about 10V and the max one
should charge at is about 14.5V.? A battery charging at 48V is one that
will go boom really fast.
Brian
On 5/21/2018 6:03 PM, nafzigerg at yahoo.com wrote:
> I got the tr-3 miss pretty well taken care of.? I think it might have
> been bad gas from sitting all winter plus very low battery.? I also
> took it out and gave it a good thrashing with fresh gas. LOL
>
> However I've checked the battery across the posts and am finding .51
> volts.? From battery neg. post to coil + is 48. While idling the
> alternator was charging around 19.? (just went to negative ground and
> added alternator over the winter.
>
> I'm wondering if the regulator on the new alternator is working.? Will
> the high battery voltage damage anything?? Or do I simply need to
> watch that the battery water stays up?
>
> gary n.
>
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