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Re: 12 Volt Generator Followup!
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Posted by Gerald on February 07, 1999 at 07:03:30:
In Reply to: 12 Volt Generator Followup! posted by Bill {Antique Acres} on February 06, 1999 at 21:21:29:
I learned long ago the hard way, that changing the windings is the super (and hardest) way to convert a generator's voltage. Then I went to college and learned that all I really needed to do was to spin the same windings faster. If I was going to make such a change today, I'd find a 12 volt regulator for a similar wiring connection and use it. If the generator didn't charge adequately at slow engine speeds, I'd change the generator pulley for a smaller one. I'd probably also remove the relay cutout from the regulator and install a big silicon diode. Did that in a regulator I built when installing a 12 volt bug engine in a 6 volt bug back in about 1968 and that generator charged like an alternator. And with the diode didn't have the battery wasting back current of the magnetic cutout. Of course with the 12 volt windings speed wasn't a problem. Gerald
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