Actually, a normal lead-acid car battery should read 12.65 volts OCV (open
circuit voltage) when fully charged.  A gell cell battery will read 12.8
volts when fully charged.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of George Goff
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:19 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)

In a message dated 6/13/05 1:35:09 PM, wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:

<< Also, if it means anything, at 13.3 V the battery is below the unloaded
voltage of a healthy battery.

George