Ford 9n Electrical????

After reading I thought maybe Coil, then I saw something on the resistor... or could this be do to my battery going dead and not providing the current needed to run. Also how do you tell if a resistor is bad, and where do you get new one????? Also if the generator is working, should it run with cables disconnected???

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Thanks

Robert

Truth is, a battery is useful for short term electrical supply... like running the starter and for those short moments when the engine speed is very low. You really need to have the generator working.....

There may be other problems but work with what you know first. good luck duey

Even the convention connections for ammeters would tend to support this, in that the ammeter will only show positive charge current to the battery AFTER the generator has supported the needs of the ignition, lights, and any other loads on the system at the moment. Further, the normal charging voltage is necessarily higher than the battery's nominal voltage. The higher voltage contributor gets the load.

Once the generator (or alternator) is 'on'line' and functioning at a steady state, the battery can be removed, or disconnected and the only difference is a greater or lesser load to support.

The generator is the *big kahuna* in an electrical system. Anything else is short term or temporary. duey

But, I don't think you'll run an engine with a generator without a battery. The battery gives a steady source of electrical current to the coil. The generator need something to excite the field coils. You can run with a battery without a generator until it dies. Otherwise, why would you need a magneto system in a 2N for example? Just put a generator in the thing and remove the battery...

Being that you stated that your battery is not charging, that would indicate that either you have an alternator problem or something else such as connection, etc. So, if your alternator isn't providing a charge, it may not be supplying energy elsewhere either which leaves your tractor running off your battery. When the battery runs out of juice, the tractor dies. Once you charge, it'll run again.

Sounds like time to check the charging issue. From you info, it kind of sounds like the same issue you're having now... only now your battery has run down.

-shaun

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Batterys don't live forever in a rough tractor environment. Yer lucky to get 3 yrs service outta 6 volt diehard automobile battery.

Additionally, the 9N 6 volt generator is a 3rd brush genny, where you manually adjust the genny charge to about 3 amps at 1/2 throttle. The 3rd brush is on the backend of the genny flat plate and is screwdriver adjustable.

And NO, you can't disconnect the battery on a 1-terminal 3-brush genny because the un-loaded (battery is the load) genny output soars to 16+ volts. That'll toast your 6 volt frontmount coil fer'sur.

Todays problem, sounds like a bad ignition switch besides all your other electrical problems, which you need to clear up..... ...Dell