Not only were they 6V, but positive ground, if I recall correctly. (My preference was Triumphs, however, not MGs.)
73, Dave KQ3T On 2/16/2011 2:13 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > As does much of Europe (just next door to you :-) > > Us OT's remember when almost all automobiles (including my British MGA) had > 6-volt batteries. As more electronics were added to cars it eventually > forced a shift to 12 VDC to avoid requiring huge cables attached to gigantic > terminals to avoid excessive resistive losses. (A lot of us working in > aerospace wondered why they didn't just jump to the 24VDC system already in > use then by the military and aircraft.) ... ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
