You may be referring to my post. It was from a Bosche starter manual saying
that their starters were meant to operate at a low voltage--like 8 volts or
something--and too large of a battery could fight the voltage drop that
normally occurrs and burn out the starter by supplying higher voltage--like
11 volts or something.

Derek

>Michael Wagner writes:
>> 
>>      OK, *WHAT* stories?
>> 
>
>A while ago, there was a thread on batteries, and someone suggested that
>having too large of a battery could hurt the alternator.  I'm sure it
>could be found in the archives.
>
>-David
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