Re: [VACList] '76 Univolt without battery installed

[Charlie/Betty Burke <cbburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oliver,

Your recollection is correct, converters need the battery load at their output to 
stabilize and filter the DC voltage output. Modern appliances with circuit cards 
are more sensitive than the older manually controlled appliances. Used to be the 
only thing you worried about running with no battery was noise in the radio and 
the furnace motor going bad.
The requirement remains the same for new converters as well.

Charlie