Brett Helmkamp said: (quoted from post at 21:03:24 07/24/12) Like I said I am learning.....
I thought 6v less volts than 12v so don't need to use heavy wire.
Will it make a differnece if I keep a battery tender on it all the time? I always keep everything plugged in to help all of my batteries.
Hi Brett,
There's a couple of electrical engineers on here who can explain it with more correct terminology than I can.... so perhaps they'll jump in. The short version... from a long ago high school physics class.
It takes a certain amount of 'work/power' (measured in watts IIRC) to turn an engine over. Work is effectively volts multiplied by amps ... so 6 volts takes twice as many amps to do the same work as a 12 volt system would. The amount of amps you can push through a wire (without losing excess amounts for heat) is directly related to the cross section of the wire... so to get more amps through you need bigger wire (smaller gauge #s).
Hope you're enjoying your Super C. They're great tractors.
Randy
This post was edited by rpirkle1 at 20:33:10 07/24/12.
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