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- 37 Terraplane#2 June 2008
- hemiparts June 2008
46 Dodge generator to alternator conversion
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Does anyone have a wiring drawing for a 6 volt generator to a 12 volt alternator change. I can do the mechanics and custom brackets but the wiring is challenging for me. I understand the positive ground to negative ground somewhat and switch the wires on the ammeter but that’s it for me. Any help would be appriecated. Thank you
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couple things to bear in mind--alt will not operate an ameter, must use a VOLT meter. Most alt have a built in regulator but you need to know what you have. There are single wire alt and 2 wire. Best to use the 2 wire, hooking up a single wire sounds simple but gets quite complicated when connecting it to the volt meter. Then you have to put resistors on all of your 6 volt eguipement. So with these things in mind you'll need to provide more info on the parts your useing, then there are a number of guys on here can take you thru it . Bud
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Considering that the vehicle is 62 years old, are you sure that you trust all of the old wiring? Perhaps this is the time to think about a rewire project to insure that all is up to par. The commonly available kits are pretty impressive. Suggest looking at 'RebelWire'.
