Posted by HenryO on December 01, 2020 at 11:31:41 from (69.135.98.34):
Over the last 50 ears I have dealt with batteries either in cars, boats , airplanes and Farmall tractors. I would like to discuss newer 12 volt Batteries.I was under the impression that 12 volt batteries fully charged rested between 12.8 and 13.4 volts. In 1986 I installed 8 gel cell group 30's in my 48 ft sailboat. I had the charger and alternator set at 13.8 , the manufacturer recommendation. They lasted through tough use for 12 years. Then I decided to replace them with AGM's, set charging at 14.4 (again manufactures recommendation) and used them for another 8 years, Now in a car I just bought the alternator goes from 14-8 to 12.8 under way and drops to 12.1 at shutdown. Once I SAW 11.8 which I always thought was a dead battery Car starts fine after sitting four days. What say you
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Pat Browning. The setting is rural Wisconsin, halfway between East Troy and Elkhorn, on Hodunk Road, our nation was at war, and I was 6, 7 and 8 years old. George was our "threshing neighbor." He was the one with the threshing machine, a JI Case on steel wheels, and he pulled it to our farm with a JI Case standard tractor also on steel. In those days, steel wheeled implements were common. The roads were general gravel, so the lugs cutting into them wasn't a problem. George would set up the thresher, s
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