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too many volts ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:15 pm
by byron
measuring the DC at the [1.2Ah] battery charged by a Ducati P2 rectifier on my bike it's reading 15/16v. Is this going to be too much for the battery, and i should slip a zenor diode in there ? or will it cope ...?
Re: too many volts ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:19 pm
by mark
i would have thought 14 is max as thats what most chargers put out
Re: too many volts ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:59 pm
by oldbiker
mark wrote:i would have thought 14 is max as thats what most chargers put out
this sounds right to me,, the zener will limit the voltage to 13.6V
Re: too many volts ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:02 pm
by byron
tzr.steve wrote: the zener will limit the voltage to 13.6V
using what wattage diode ? actually I've got one off a Rally, I'll give that a go. save a trip to maplins in the snow