Interesting...
The Odysessy battery that I'm using is installed on my
66 1600 with a KA24de engine (with subaru just alt).
No issue so far.
However, as I mentioned earlier, the CCA on the small
batteries are very low..They are not well suited to
cold climates/cold morning starts.
Dan Zubkoff
San Mateo, CA
--- Daryl Smith <drlsmith@telus.net> wrote:
> Check out: http://www.landiss.com/battery.htm
>
> Excerpt:
> " Older vehicles with voltage regulators set at
> about 14.0 volts simply will
> not fully charge lead/calcium or hybrid batteries.
> Stories abound of cars
> with older regulators leaving their owners stranded
> on cold mornings shortly
> after a "new, improved, maintenance-free" battery
> was installed. Even two
> weeks of sitting in the garage, with no load other
> than the electric clock
> and burglar alarm, can discharge a battery if the
> voltage regulator
> prevented it from being properly charged."
>
> Seems a newer battery may also require some
> adjustment of our regulators for
> best service life!
>
> My system checks out at about 13.8 volts when
> running...........
>
> Daryl
> (currently using a 5 year old AC Delco 55R)
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