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To: Rocketman who wrote (6117)	12/10/1998 10:25:00 AM
From: Cytokine1	Respond to of 9719

Well, with an 8-volt battery (cost about $70) as opposed to a 12-volt conversion ($$$), you don't have to change the voltage regulator, generator, light bulbs, or use voltage reducing resistors for the 6-volt guages and accessories. You need to tweak the existing voltage regulator for 8 volts. I have heard that in certain cases the 8-volt battery can burn up the headlights or guages, but the mechanic who is doing my car assures me that he has done many old cars and everything will be fine (sure hope so--the guy is a master at the oldies). He himself owns a '36 Buick converted to 8 volts. Another alternative for the old 6-volt cars is what they call a 6-12 volt battery, which is a a single-case battery containing two 6-volt batteries. They are connected by a relay system. During normal operation they are connected in parallel. For starting, the batteries connect in series to provide 12 volts to the starter. These are fairly expensive ($150-200). Fire it up!! C1