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Old 01-29-2012, 11:19 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
If you are worried about low voltage not engaging lean burn why not make a higher voltage battery?
You could find a 6 and 8 volt battery from the same manufacturer that use the same cells just more or less of them in each battery and make your self a 14 volt battery.
I'm trying to avoid that degree of home-brew. I found a nice 14V AGM battery but found only one on the market. XS Power D1400. Rated 50 AH. Cost with dedicated charger would be about the same as the ~12V Odyssey I described above. I hope to test for lean burn at 12V this week or maybe next weekend. Hard to get time for real world stuff; much easier to type on a keyboard :-)
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