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Originally posted by Charlie:
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Originally posted by Bungleau:
Only Felix can answer that... but how long have 12V batteries been the standard?
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No clue... I have however worked on and restored vehicles that pre date the war, peculiarly with 12V batteries, or in the case of some beetles 6V batteries.
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Originally posted by Bungleau:
Sometimes I love being obfuscatory... and other times, I just like to muddy the waters [img]smile.gif[/img]
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So what the **** are you actually saying? [/QUOTE]I'm saying that sometimes I pipe up on the opposite side of my own perspective just to see if the other side could win after all. I happen to agree with you -- design should include how easy it will be to get replacement parts, and having proprietary batteries makes little sense. However, they may be there for a reason... perhaps they need to fit in multiple small locations instead of one big one. I don't know... but I could see a designer doing that. I could also see them getting thumped aside the head from someone more experienced, asking why they didn't just shuffle everything else around to make room for a standard battery.
With Felix having recently left the military, it could be he was driving something designed by one of those other folks... but I'll confess that I don't have enough background to hazard a guess as to what. And also not knowing the evolution of standards in the auto industry (or perhaps knowing too much history), it's conceivable that his vehicle might have been built when such a design was thought to be a good idea.
As for the muddy obfuscatory thing... they're the same thing, from a slightly different point of view.
Sheesh, do I need a better hobby or what?
