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Re: Vintage Dodge 6 volt Generator
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/7/2002

Hello Stephen,

Whenever I have done this type of conversion, I have also changed the generator's field coils, using 12 volt coils. The armature does not make any difference, but 6 volt coils on 12 volts will have twice the field current (ohms law - if R is n... Login to read more.