Re: 1954 Chevy voltage conversion
- From: Dan_Thomas_nospam@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 26 Apr 2007 11:23:51 -0700
On Apr 25, 6:45 pm, cuhu...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
In 1972,I bought a 1950 six cylinder manual shift Ford car.I wanted
faster starting and brighter head lights.I went to an auto/truck/lawn
mower/MG batteries battery manufacturer that used to be not far from me
(the factory went out of business about seven years ago) and I bought an
8 volt battery.Then I went to an automotive electric shop near me.One of
the guys who works there,he got a pair of pliers and all he did was
tweak the regulator on my car.Not many years later,I sold the car.The
car was still running great when I got rid of it.Two more volts from 6
volts up to 8 volts sure did make a difference in that old car.
cuhulin
The problem with that 8-volt conversion is the
difficulty in getting 6-volt batteries and bulbs and so on. I'd
imagine that by now a 6-volt battery costs more than a 12-volt, and 6-
volt bulbs I have found way too hard to find.
I've converted my 1948 International farmall Cub tractor
and my 1951 International pickup to 12-volt. The tractor's 6-volt
starter worked better than ever and I started that thing in cold
winters for ten years to plow snow without hurting the starter. The
alternator was off a newer auto with the regulator built in. The
lights went to 12 volt.
The truck was a different animal. I replaced the blown-up
engine with a Ford 300, and changed the lights to 12 volt, did the
Ford heater-resistor thing for the blower motor, and built an
electronic regulator for the instruments using an LM317 regulator
chip. The chip is good for 1.5 amps if heat-sinked and the old fuel,
oil pressure and temp gauges draw a total of about half an amp at most
(I don't remember exactly, but the chip was plenty capable). The
wipers were vacuum-driven, but I'm thinking of installing an electric
wiper motor. The old 6-volt wiper motors could be run via a power
resistor just like the heater motor if the current is known at the
usual 7-volt supply. Divide 7 volts (the drop from 14) by the amperage
to get the required resistance.
.
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