[AT] electrical

[charlie hill]

Greg,

It's been a while since I hooked up a one wire alternator.  If I'm wrong I'm 
sure someone will correct me.  The one on my boat engine has a fairly large 
guage wire that runs from the + terminal on the alternator, through the amp 
guage and to the + terminal of the battery (if I remember right).

It seems to me you could put a switch in the line between the alternator and 
the Amp guage.  When you aren't running the tractor for a while open the 
switch and that will stop the battery drain.  There are plenty of other ways 
to do it but my solution is simple, cheap and easy.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] electrical


>
> I have a mag on my tractor so my only switch is a kill type switch. Also I 
> have a one wire alternator if that matters. If there is a way to make this 
> work on my tractor, I would sure be interested. As I said, the way it is 
> isn't a terrible problem, but can be trouble if it sits too long. A couple 
> of days ago I started it after a month and a half; it started right up but 
> did charge heavily for a while. I have the same type alternator, without 
> the resistor, on my IH 856 but the different pulley setup on this tractor 
> spins the alternator fast enough to start charging without overreving the 
> engine.
> Greg Hass
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