| Nangeo | -- 04-10-2011 @ 3:13 PM |
|
How do you tell a 6volt from a 12 volt gen. armature Thanks George (nangeo)
|
|
| ford38v8 | -- 04-10-2011 @ 6:21 PM |
|
George, a 12v armature has twice the number of turns, but half the wire size. If you're looking to make a conversion to 12v, you can do it with the 6v armature, but it will produce considerably less amperage. Alan
|
|
| 51f1 | -- 04-10-2011 @ 6:24 PM |
|
It has been a long tome since I have thought about this (maybe 50-years?). There are three things that would affect the output voltage, the number of conductor loops in series in the armature, the speed that it is turning and the magnetic strength of the field windings. So a 12-volt armature running at the same speed and with the same field strength would have more and smaller conductors than a six-volt armature and would probably be heavier than a 6-volt armature. The 12-volt armatures used in the late 50s would sometimes fit in a 6-volt generator. With nothing else to use, you'd have to compare it to a known 6-volt armature to see the difference. If I am wrong, someone please correct me. Richard
|
|
| supereal | -- 04-11-2011 @ 10:38 AM |
|
The armature and field windings must be matched, so a 12 volt system is quite different than the six volt type. Look for numbers on the piece. The suffix for most 6 volt armatures is 10005. The prefixes are 18, 52, 70, 09B, 29AS, and 26H. If you have one with "52", it is for a Ford tractor (9N). This message was edited by supereal on 4-11-11 @ 10:47 AM
|
|
| EFV-8 Club Forum : | https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum |
| Topic: | https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=2897 |