[AJD] 8 Volt Batteries

[Phil Kelley]

I have just purchased a F-300 that has an 8 volt battery.  The battery is
not charging in the tractor and is getting weak.  Any way to safely charge
it in the shop?  Use a 12 volt charger at low rate?

Thanks

Phil Kelley
North GA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
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Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] 8 Volt Batteries


> 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>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 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
> > visit: www.twocylinderdiesel.com
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