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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
Many modern cars charge at a much higher voltage than the old standards
- it's part of efficiency measures I think. My car has a 120A, 14.7V
alternator (that's the nominal volatage, it will actually output higher
voltages). The alternator has three wires specifically for the engine
management to set the required output voltage (removing the plug
defaults to high output). The high voltage *will* damage normal
batteries, therefore these cars need specific battery types.

Sounds like a right load of ********.

Think there is something in it - but all good quality batteries are
calcium types these days anyway.

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