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Subject:Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:12:52 -0400

At 04:51 PM 6/16/2010, Robert Keezer wrote:
>Correction: Rested Voltage is checked in 24 hours, not 14 hours

You get pretty close with 12 hours, though.  I used to run Scamp's
house battery that way -- use one bank today then shift to the other
at night through the next day.  Next day measure yesterday's bank and
shift to it that night, rinse and repeat.  Saved having to deal with
nasty acid in a cramped battery locker.  Since I'm fond of analog
gauges I had a fancy one from Blue Sea (on closeout) where the whole
scale went from 11.5? to 13 volts.

Yours,
David