8 volt battery

DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 · 15 May 2011, 5:14 am

#841196

Haven't seen it mentioned here, a simple mod with great results for 6 volt systems. Years ago a auto elec mate of mine suggested I put an 8 volt battery in my split window Kombi,
better lights, better spark and no bulbs need to be changed.

Worked well with no dramas. Maybe you can't get 8 volt batteries anymore, anyone else tried this?

PartyHatCentral Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 15 May 2011, 7:32 am

#841198

One of my cars has been on 8 volt since 1971. You can still get these batteries through specialised battery outlets. There are several brands / sizes available nowadays, but some of the American versions I find are a bit big (too tall) for the VW applications - too close to the seat springs. The Korean casings are lower - I prefer these personally.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 May 2011, 6:00 pm

#841255

a fellow in Newcastle made 8 volt batteries back in the 60s...

haven't heard of them since...

the extra 2 volts make ALL the difference.... lol

I saw a vintage car [USA] on a TV show and You could see the battery hanging down low..

some early USA cars had very long, narrow, high 6 volt batteries
alongside the engine..

LEE

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ratty 63 Custom Title Time!

1,083 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 17 May 2011, 10:17 am

#841532

My brother recently had a KG in the workshop for restoration. It was fitted with an 8 volt battery... but the interesting thing was that it was also fitted with an 8 volt generator.

The generator looked just like a 6 volt unit but was slightly larger in diameter and it clearly had BOSCH and 8 Volt stamped in the case. First time any of us had seen one of these... but I will be looking more carefully at what appear to be 6 volt generators at swaps in the future 😀

R 🙂

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1,993 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 May 2011, 12:43 pm

#841546

You can cut out two cells from a 6 cell 12 v battery glue then you have an 8 volt.
Easy mod and you can get batteries with one dead cell for free . Mitchell

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