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Can you trust manufacturer's battery specs? Or do they "gild the lily" to get more sales?
I've got a 1969 Benelli/Montgomery Wards single cylinder 350cc motorcycle, with 6v electrics, that are barely adequate (more truthful to say barely inadequate). The frame limits the battery size, and the selection of 6v vehicle batteries is already limited. The orig. 1969 battery was an 8 amp-hr battery. I've found two replacements;
1. Yusa 6n11a-1b, a conventional lead-acid battery that I've been using, but has now failed. 11 amp-hr, which is 3 amps over the orig.
https://www.yuasabatteries.com/battery/6n11a-1b/
2. A PowerSonic PS-682F1, a sealed glass-mat battery, of 9 amp-hr.
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Power-Sonic/PS-682F1?qs=p0FfUnYFXn8QP5vHZZNRdQ==
The Powersonic is a more advanced sealed glass-mat battery, but is only 9 amp vs the 11 amp of the old fashioned lead-acid battery.
Can I trust the published specs (and go w the older higher capacity battery), or are the specs unreliable, and I should go with the "weaker" more advanced battery.
Joe
I've got a 1969 Benelli/Montgomery Wards single cylinder 350cc motorcycle, with 6v electrics, that are barely adequate (more truthful to say barely inadequate). The frame limits the battery size, and the selection of 6v vehicle batteries is already limited. The orig. 1969 battery was an 8 amp-hr battery. I've found two replacements;
1. Yusa 6n11a-1b, a conventional lead-acid battery that I've been using, but has now failed. 11 amp-hr, which is 3 amps over the orig.
https://www.yuasabatteries.com/battery/6n11a-1b/
2. A PowerSonic PS-682F1, a sealed glass-mat battery, of 9 amp-hr.
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Power-Sonic/PS-682F1?qs=p0FfUnYFXn8QP5vHZZNRdQ==
The Powersonic is a more advanced sealed glass-mat battery, but is only 9 amp vs the 11 amp of the old fashioned lead-acid battery.
Can I trust the published specs (and go w the older higher capacity battery), or are the specs unreliable, and I should go with the "weaker" more advanced battery.
Joe