Re: Farmall H 6 Volt Voltage Regulator - Resistor

Posted by John T on May 21, 2006 at 18:52:11 from (66.244.90.5):

In Reply to: Farmall H 6 Volt Voltage Regulator - Resistor on F posted by Ed McCullough on May 21, 2006 at 12:19:10:

Ed, I just returned from 2 weeks in Colorado so my brain has been oxygen starved. If you constantly ran the gennys Field dead grounded theres a chance you could overcharge the battery (excessive outgassing and acid boil over etc) which is worse on a battery then undercharge, it can cook n completely ruin them.

If one has a 4 pole (BAT ARM FLD LOAD) versus a 3 pole (BAT ARM FLD) Voltage Regulator, I would use the 4 pole cuz they supposedly provide better regulation,,,,,can better prevent overcharging in certain situations,,,, and dont have to run all the load current through the cutout relay. If using a 3 instead of a 4 pole VR, loads like lights and ignition (fed off the L terminal on 4 pole VR's) are fed from the ammeters Load side terminal which would be the electrical equivalent of the BAT terminal on the VR like Bob M told you.

If you wanna buy a replacement field resistor it needs to be a high power (often wirewound) unit which a good electrical supply house (maybe NOT Radio Shack???) ought to have. A 15 watt ought to handle it.

John T

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