Yes, you’re right of course. Once again I thought I was wrong, and I was wrong about that too.
So that’s two!
I’m outta business until 2008 now.
Crawling back in my hole now,
Dick Benjamin
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Isn't watts = volts x amps. Then half the volts = twice the amps for the same number of watts? ----- Original Message
----- Correction to my previous post: My physics prof would have strung me up by my thumbs!!! The current requirement is 4 TIMES the amount required by a 12 volt starter, given the other parameters are the same.
That was my won misteak for 2006, so I can relax now.
Dick Benjamin
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A 6 volt battery can be used successfully in a car with a large V8 engine, but everything else in the car must be in excellent condition. The current needed to crank the engine is twice that needed by a 12 volt car, other things being equal, which places very much more stringent demands on all the electrical current carrying equipment in the car. The Optima battery is an excellent choice, as it has very low internal resistance. The best setup would be an Optima battery, 2-0 gauge cables with soldered ends, bright clean metal to metal contact on both ends of all cables, a freshly rebuilt starter motor, perfect switch contacts, and an align-bored crank in the engine. This is what the cars had when new, (except for the optima battery of course), and they started just fine. No one would accept a new luxury car like an Imperial if it wouldn’t start reliably.
Dick Benjamin (still driving his 6 volt Packard engined V8 55 Hudson Hornet after all these years – the starter spins it right up, every time, and has for 21 years!)
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Hi
I have a 1955 Sedan that I have been using a 6-12 starting system in for several years. It spins fast and starts well. I just replaced the 6-12 battery with two 6 volt Optimas that really spin it. I have a 6 volt Optima in my 1952 Plymouth that works well for the 6 cylinder but one was too slow for the V-8 in the Imperial. John Lazenby says that a properly tuned 6 volt is Ok but I didn't find that so. Also, I had Bob's radio in Pismo Beach, CA. rebuild my 1955 radio and he said that if I had ever used an 8 volt battery the radio would be "toast".
Jan in Ojai, CA 1955 Imperial Custom Sedan 1952 Plymouth Suburban
Fred Joslin
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