[AJD] 8 Volt Batteries

[Bill Brueck]

This was a pretty common aftermarket boost for 6 volt systems.  You bought 8
volt bulbs for any lights, put in the battery, and boosted the voltage
regulator a bit so it would charge.

I work on my father in law's Farmall H with this system from time to time.
It was upgraded before my time.

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, Minnesota USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Smolkowski" <kev at smolkowski.com>
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Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 9:51 PM
Subject: [AJD] 8 Volt Batteries


>
> While we are on the subject of MC's and Voltages...
>
> I picked up another MC the other day and compared to others
> it seemed to spin around pretty good using the started.  At first
> I thought that someone put in a 12V battery but it had the original
> generator and it was charging.  I looked closer and it had a 8v
> battery.
>
> Was this a common thing?   Seems to work well enough that I am going
> to leave it that way.
> --
> Kevin Smolkowski
> John Deere Model R
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