--- Bob Donahue <bobmgtd@insightbb.com> wrote:
> I've heard that maintenance free batteries need a
> slightly higher charging voltage. So maybe there's a slight
> mismatch between
> the voltage of the new tech batteries and the charging voltage of
> the old
> alternator, that makes the light glow. - Just a theory ;-).
There may be something to that. A few years ago, when my
grandmother passed away, I drove her 73 Cadillac from her
winter place in Palm Springs to her home near Tacoma.
Driving a car that, for the previous 20 years, had only
been driven a few hundred miles a year, and most of that
under 50 MPH, 1200 freeway miles up I-5, was a daunting
enough task. But the alternator light glowed dimly the
whole way. That car also had a low-maintenance battery
in it. I'm sure if the battery was really losing charge,
even slowly, I could not have made it. The old Caddy
was a real trooper, however, and made the trip without
incident. My grandfather would have been proud.
David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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