Active Active   Unanswered Unanswered

1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post your Boat Buzz technical questions here. We will do our best to respond to your questions in a timely manner.

Moderators: Don Ayers, Al Benton

Tom54
Posts: 3
Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:01 pm
Contact:

1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post by Tom54 » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:00 pm

2nd time out with my new CC and the throttle was unresponsive and only running at 1000 rpm until it dies and battery dead. Could it be from the 8v batt and a 6v system?

Tom54
Posts: 3
Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:01 pm
Contact:

Re: 1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post by Tom54 » Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:11 pm

Trying to charge battery up overnight following this, charger said “bad battery” and volt meter said “0”. Put different 8 volt battery in charged to 9.64 v. 3 hours later, it was down to 8.7 v. occasionally heard bilge pump. Could that be part of my problem? Got it on a trickle chat Mtge and will take it out in the morning and watch the level.

User avatar
drrot
Posts: 2052
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:28 pm
Location: Three Lakes, WI
Contact:

Re: 1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post by drrot » Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:15 am

Has the charging system been re-worked to charge the 8V?
Jim Staib
www.finewoodboats.com


1947 Penn Yan 12' Cartopper WXH474611
1950 Chris-Craft 22' Sportsman U-22-1532
1957 Chris-Craft 26' Sea Skiff SK-26-515
1968 Century 17' Resorter FG-68-174

Tom54
Posts: 3
Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:01 pm
Contact:

Re: 1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post by Tom54 » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:08 pm

No. The system is otherwise 6 volt.

Greg Wallace
Posts: 1
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:00 pm
Contact:

Re: 1954 Sportsman 8v battery -6 volt system

Post by Greg Wallace » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:26 am

Your charging system still thinks it has a 6 volt battery.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests