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" even with the 3rd brush turned to minimum output, it's still a bit too much charge in prolonged daytime driving."

What symptoms of too much charge is experienced???? Boiling battery??? Premature mature burning of ign points??? or anything else?? OR just ammeter reading too high????

Initially, simply the inconvenience of having to add water to the battery more frequently. And ultimately of course a foreshorted battery life. Given good care those large commercial 6-volt batteries should last 8-10 years.

Running in daytime with some lights on was nothing more than standard operating practice in the years prior to full amperage control of the charging circuit.

Running in daytime with some lights on was nothing more than standard operating practice in the years prior to full amperage control of the charging circuit.

It actually might not be a bad idea anyway--not that someone couldn't see a monstrously large Packard looming in the distance. Out here there are several roads where headlights are mandatory and have to be on at all times if you don't want to risk giving the state money. Many have gotten in the habit and I believe several other countries require a running light on as well.

Daytime Running Lights! Far ahead of the "feature" found on lots of GM cars.

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Guscha,

Thanks for catching that! Link fixed.

Tom "all thumbs" W