[AT] Battery in backwards question

[Stephen Offiler]

Minor point of information, the term is "series wound".  The armature
and the rotor are both iron core with copper windings, and these
winding are connected in series.

SO

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:
> As someone else noted, Larry, starter motors are almost always "field
> wound" and can only turn in one direction, regardless of the polarity.
> In addition, those old 6 volt motors work just fine on 12 volts,
> although they should not be run for more than 10 or 15 seconds. Having
> converted at least half a dozen Ford, JD, and IH tractors from 6 volt
> positive ground to 12 negative, I can assure you what I wrote above is true.
>
> Mike
>
> Larry Goss wrote:
>> Battery was in backwards and the starter wtill ran?  Something
>> doesn't sound right.  Are you sure the tractor hasn't been converted
>> from 6 to 12 volts?
>>
>> Larry
>>
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