14.8v in the early cars?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 8:11 PM -0500 2/17/02, Huw Powell wrote:

>don't worry, it's more like the system was designed to work best at a
>charging voltage of 14.8 and all it's ever seen is 11.9

Okay, so why if everything is designed for 14.8, did they hook it all
up to a 13.8v regulated alternator?  Team doorhandle spent some time
in Electrical? :-)

B
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