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#88727 05/29/2002 5:48 AM | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 346 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 346 | Hardwareguy,
Got to thinking about where I heard about the tapped battery trick.
A trip to my 'library' reveals a nice article in Petersen's complete book of Engine Swapping No. 4 (published in 1975) about so-called 'dual systems'. One uses the tapped battery, another uses the dual 6-volt batteries, and still another uses a 'special electrical conversion relay system' that included directions and a self-tapping screw for making the 6-volt 'pick-up terminal' in the middle of a 12-volt battery.
Kinda depressing looking at that book, I remember buying it new and now it's 27 years old!
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its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| hardwareguy | 05/28/2002 4:55 AM | |
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| Mechainiac | 05/29/2002 4:19 AM | |
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| OlBlue | 05/29/2002 5:20 AM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| OlBlue | 05/29/2002 5:48 AM | |
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| hardwareguy | 05/29/2002 4:28 PM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| snappy-dog | 05/30/2002 12:01 AM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| hardwareguy | 05/31/2002 6:45 AM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| MbOutdoors | 05/31/2002 12:47 PM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| sixpack | 05/31/2002 7:16 PM | |
Re: its a 6 volt, no its 12 volt, no its 6 -- OH NO ITS BOTH
| hardwareguy | 06/01/2002 7:20 PM | |
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