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Date:         Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:22:23 -0400
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From:         drew@interport.net (Derek Drew)
Subject:      Re: Overloading the alternator

You may be referring to my post. It was from a Bosche starter manual saying that their starters were meant to operate at a low voltage--like 8 volts or something--and too large of a battery could fight the voltage drop that normally occurrs and burn out the starter by supplying higher voltage--like 11 volts or something.

Derek

>Michael Wagner writes: >> >> OK, *WHAT* stories? >> > >A while ago, there was a thread on batteries, and someone suggested that >having too large of a battery could hurt the alternator. I'm sure it >could be found in the archives. > >-David > >============================================================================ >David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) >San Diego (Actually La Mesa) '72 VW Westfalia Camper (Da Project) >California, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) >e-mail: des@teleport.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (14.17@99.34) >http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) >============================================================================ > > > ___________________________________ Derek Drew drew@interport.net (main address for e-mail) derekdrew@aol.com (alternate/backup address, checked infrequently)


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