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1. dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>; Date: Wed, 21 Jan 98 22:22:27 EST; Hey all, In some of my reading on the web, I seem to be under the impression that some MGBs came with dual 6-volt batteries instead of a single 12v battery. My questions: 1) Is this so? 2) Why? Good; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01560.html (7,876 bytes)
2. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com (michael j robson); Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 22:45:35 EST; On Wed, 21 Jan 98 22:22:27 EST Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu> Not some, ALL MGBs originally had twin 6v units, in the US these daysmany if not most have been converted to single 12v however i ga; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01563.html (8,752 bytes)
3. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>; Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 23:01:01 -0500; Not so fast there quickdraw. My '78 MGB only has one hole for a battery, so my guess is that it came with only one battery, a 12V. I believe the earlier models has twin 6Vs, and they converted over s; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01566.html (8,930 bytes)
4. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Craig Wiper <craigw@sonic.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:22:47 -0800; Most did. I converted my '74 B to a single Group 26 battery this summer. Now in winter I've found that the single battery doesn't quite have the cranking power that the duals did. However, I'm also n; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01572.html (8,072 bytes)
5. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Calvin Krug <ckrug@laf.cioe.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:34:15 -0500 (EST); I wrote earlier about driving my B with no exhaust. The replacement is from Pacesetter in AZ. Sounds great in my opinion. Dual chrome tips, painted yellow inside. Although with the carbs the way the; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01573.html (8,025 bytes)
6. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:37:59 +0000; Craig, Well, if worse comes to worse and your lack of cranking power becomes a problem, you can get a second Group 26 battery, put it in the other well, and wire them in parallel. There are even rel; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01596.html (9,209 bytes)
7. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 98 9:42:01 EST; Scott and others, This is quite commonly done when converting a VW from 6-volt to 12-volt. VW didn't go to 12v until 1967. There are quite a few folks on the VW Bus list I'm on who convert and then; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01599.html (7,976 bytes)
8. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Chris Delling <saschris@flash.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 10:29:36 -0500; Got to disagree here with Mike. Later MGB's were never equipped with anything other than a single 12V battery. I am not sure of the year of changeover, but my B only has one battery bin. By the way S; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01608.html (10,123 bytes)
9. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 10:28:44 EST; Mea culpa - you are right, in fact i checked it after i sent the post (so much for "measure twice cut once. . . ) My only mitigation is that I have never owned a B that new!! mike robson 69 roadster; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01624.html (8,003 bytes)
10. RE: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Douglas Gaither <gaither@ix.netcom.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 08:47:43 -0800; According to the "Original MGB" the change to a single 12 instead of dual 6's came with the rubber bumpers. It also mentions that the second battery box was eliminated. So, I guess if you have a two-; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01628.html (10,593 bytes)
11. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:14:34 +0000; "I've cut a foot off of each end and it's STILL too short!!" -carpenter's joke Karen, are you losing weight? -Carpenters' joke... Scott Gardner Scott Gardner gardner@lwcomm.com www.lwcomm.com/~gardn; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01631.html (8,325 bytes)
12. RE: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 98 17:38:13 UT; As a tag-on to this thread. What 12 volt battery size should be used in the RB single compartment? I use the group 26 size in my Chromies but am not sure what size I should use in the 76. There was a; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01634.html (9,455 bytes)
13. Re: dual batteries? (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:23:44 +0000; Sounds like an ... outhouse.; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01744.html (7,557 bytes)

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