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Norman Anderson
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    Larry, back in the day when I did my apprenticeship, we used to set 12 volt regulators to 13.75 volts for lead acid batteries. Luckily, I’ve never had the misery of working on a 6 volt system, but logic would dictate you’re looking at 13.75/2 = 6.9 volts.

    I’m guessing you know that dynos don’t charge at very low rpm, as there is little to excite the field. So you need to raise the rpm to a reasonable level when setting it up.

    Good luck, Norman