Posted by oldtanker on August 22, 2011 at 05:18:34 from (66.228.255.223):
In Reply to: Batterys posted by JR FRYE on August 20, 2011 at 14:28:29:
Most of the time you will find that people convert to 12 volt because of a problem. The 12 volt system will mask that problem for a time but not forever. So first....CLEAN TIGHT and BRITE plus a fully charged battery! Thats all the connections and the mounting between the starter and torque tube/bell housing. Good tune up, carb working and adjusted right plus good compression! If you have those clamp on battery cable ends put new cables on. If it still has trouble starting pull the starter and have it bench tested.
With a tractor with a battery ignition system going over to 12 volts includes an in line resistor or a coil with built in resistor. The genny will have to be modified or changed out to keep the battery up along with changing the lites out. On older tractors that still have a magnito you don't have to worry so much about the charging system. The mag produces it's own power for spark. A 12 volt battery will start one many time before requiring a charge but you cannot use the lights.
I'm converting/have converted most of my 6 volts to 12 and will be doing the last one later this month when I rebuild the engine. The 12 volt gives just that little extra when it's -30 out. But the main reason I'm converting is compatability and avoiding problems. All my tractors are working tractors. My wife, son and daughter in law all help out here and I really don't need them trying to jump a 6 volt system that they are not familiar with. Plus the last of the 6 volts will be parked at the father in laws for snow duty this winter......that means a 2/3 of BILs may try to run it.
For the purest keeping 6volt on a collector makes sense. For a working tractor today when 6 volt chargers are getting hard to find and others who are not konwledgable about + - of the ground may use it it could get expensive.
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