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[Midge]

From my limited electrical knowledge, the battery acts as a capacitor, smoothing the voltage, the regulator cannot by itself supply a constant voltage within a fine tolerance. The alternator output varies considerably with rotational speed and electrical load. Glad you solved the problem.

[Michael]

Interested to read this thread given my current (no pun intended) electrical problems. I have a gel-type battery, I wonder how much this has contributed to my problems (Michael's EFI Update thread), if at all? I thought gel-type batteries were supposed to be a bit easier, and longer lasting?

[Norm]

Hi Michael, possible but not that likely I wouldn't have thought. To burn wires you need a short somewhere, over voltage wouldn't cause them to burn

[JTL]

Hi all... does this things with gel batteries also include the AGM type battery? The reason for asking is that I sort of got intrigued by all the promises for a maintenance free battery and samller too... all the best Jacob

[Norm]

Hi Jacob, so far the AGM batteries are a much better quality battery and I fitted a very small one inside the seat of a cafe racer and it is working fine even though it has a 22 tooth gearbox sprocket and is ridden about 8ks each way to work daily and there is a lot of traffic lights in that 8ks so low revs and stop start between them. So far so good. I can't remember the battery number but it was about 80 mm square and about 50mm thick and it is fitted laying on its side