Re: changing 6volt positive ground to 12 negative ground

Posted by mkirsch on July 25, 2014 at 10:37:23 from (65.199.189.6):

In Reply to: changing 6volt positive ground to 12 negative ground posted by 59-641-D on July 25, 2014 at 09:44:41:

The whole point of going to 12V is to get rid of the maintenance-intensive, unreliable (due to lack of maintenance) generator.

Why would you pay $100-$200 or more to have the generator converted when you can get an alternator for $30-$40? Yeah it's not "original" but neither is 12V.

If you get a one-wire alternator, wiring is simple:

1. Move the wire from the GEN terminal on the regulator to the BAT terminal on the regulator. There should be two wires there now.

2. Connect the wire you removed from the A terminal on the old generator to the BAT terminal on the new alternator.

Of course, you also need to reverse the ammeter leads and install a 12V battery negative ground as you normally would.

Basically my scheme just bypasses the regulator and gives the alternator a straight shot to the ammeter, which is exactly what the alternator needs.

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• Re: changing 6volt positive ground to 12 negative ground 59-641-D 14:52:42 07/28/14 (0)

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