John
15.4 to 16V is the normal charging voltage, depending on ambient
temperature. Check your shop manual.
Jerry
On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:50 AM, John Deikis wrote:
> I had a bad transistorized regulator/control box on my TD and
> replaced it with
> a spare repro of a Lucas box (from one of the usual suspects). I
> also have a
> little plug-in volt meter and used it to see what the regulator was
> doing. I
> was surprised to see that at speed my charging voltage was always
> between 14
> and 16 volts. Am I cooking my expensive gel battery?
>
> -John Deikis
> Still Playing with Little Cars
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