14.8v in the early cars?

[Mark L. Chang]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Brett Dikeman wrote:

> Mainly, I'm working off the assumption that virtually everything in
> the car is designed to work at 13.8, not 14.8, volts, unlike newer
> cars which are specifically designed for 14.8.

Everything in the car is designed to work off of _really dirty car power_.
12v is the idea, but you can get huge swings in either directions,
spikes, and far from clean power when compared to normal in-house,
conditioned DC.

Do not worry. Anything destined for the car will be fine with the new
regulator.

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1991 90q20v