J C Whitney use to sell 6v run 12 v start series parallel relays.
To run straight 12 volts, you need to naturally replace all the light bulbs,
add an ignition resistor in series with the coil input (feed). J C Whitney
sells a voltage REGULATOR, not a resistor (there is a difference) to drop
the feed to the fuel gage back to exactly 6v.
The starter will be fine as is. The generator can sometimes be adjusted to
output 13 volts. A friend of mine did this using a variable DC power supply
to set the relays in the regulator. If not, a 12v generator or alternator
will do the trick.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce (all mine are 12v)
----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Mehlhorn <a.mehlhorn@t-online.de>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 12 volt verse 6 volt
jerome shaw schrieb:
>
> A 6v vehicle charges in the neighorhood of 8v just as a 12v system charges
> around 15v.
No!
Maximum voltage with running engine on a "12 Volt system" is 14.3 volts.
If there are 15 Volts, the regulator is damaged and will cook the battery.
Best regards
Andreas
-6V Kettenkrad-
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