TomT
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Originally it was going to be 48 volts to gain more advantage. Later they dropped it to 36 because of the aforementioned issues... Even at that, it died... I don't know why as it seemed a good idea. Perhaps partly because of the incompatibility with virtually everything else out there.
alanlarson said:Looking around, it appears that it was a 42 volt system, just as current cars are a 14 volt system. This kept the charging voltage around 42 volts, and was a "36 volt" battery. The voltages were all 3 times current values for 12 volt systems.