Posted by Todd in NC on Friday, March 01, 2002 at 8:06PM :
In Reply to: Battery Voltage posted by Todd Wilson on Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 11:42PM :
I would stay away from 8V batteries. Where are you going to find 8 volt headlamps? Unless you compensate for the excess voltage all the lamps will fare miserably! Their life will be shortened dramaticaly. It's an inverse exponential relationship. (The life shortens with the square of the percent increase) The filaments were designed for a specific voltage. At 2.25 volts per cell, you would have an increase of one third of the original voltage (6.75 volts). I would rebuild the starter and stick with 6 volts.