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Re: [GMCnet] Stock gauges. How to calibrate. As you just don't really know the real temp, or oil pressure numbers. [message #329168 is a reply to message #329126] Thu, 15 February 2018 10:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Bill Van Vlack is currently offline  Bill Van Vlack   United States
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Johnny Bridges wrote on Wed, 14 February 2018 08:12
Is that 13.9 the float voltage of a charged chassis battery drawing maybe 4 -5 Amps at float, or a battery with a dead cell drawing 40 Amps?

--johnny


I read that as "A voltmeter that reads 13.9 volts does not tell you the condition of the battery, but an ammeter will."


Bill Van Vlack '76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath, Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o mid November 2015.
 
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