There's a point in there where the life expectancy of the various light bulbs you have will drop as they were intended for 6-7 volts. Thus perhaps setting the VR for 8.0 might be plenty.
From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com [mailto:old-chevy-tr...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike & Inez Plucker Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:55 AM To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: 8V battery? The voltage regulator is adjustable for the out put of the generator, thus keeping the battery charged. I do not know what the setting is on a 6 volt system. On a 12 volt system the alternator puts out 14.2 volts, keeping the battery charged to 12 volts. Thus an 8 volt system will require 9 volt setting on regulator, more or less. Mike 3100 I got curious about Mike's comment of "had to jack up the voltage regulator", and read an article about the theory of it, but can you tell me exactly how to do that? If it's too complicated, I may just get me another 6V battery. I'm actually just stalling until this spring when I hope to start taking all the body parts off of the 3600 for body/paint, and after that, consider the conversion to 12V with new harness, etc. --- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com<mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com> , "Goulet, John A." <gou...@...> wrote: >> Since the system voltage is around 8 Volts, does the voltage regulator ever >> see a low enough voltage to allow any charging to occur?? Beyond that, >> sounds like a great idea! > ________________________________ > From: > old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com<mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com> > [old-chevy-tr...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com>] > on behalf of Brenda and Robert Greulich [greul...@...] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:12 AM > To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com<mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] 8V battery? > > > > Im like Mike i use 8V in my 39 chevy got it at rural king or tracktor supply > does fine > > Robert > IN GOD I TRUST. > HAVE A GREAT DAY > > --- On Wed, 1/5/11, Mike & Inez Plucker > <impl...@...<mailto:impluck%40comcast.net>> wrote: > > From: Mike & Inez Plucker <impl...@...<mailto:impluck%40comcast.net>> > Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] 8V battery? > To: > old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com<mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:old-chevy-truck%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 10:51 PM > > > > I ran an 8V battery for several years. worked great but had to jack up the > voltage regulator, to make it charge the battery. > > Mike 50 3100 > > I was going to drive my '51 3600 to work yesterday, and the 6V that was in > the truck when I bought it apparently bought it. I had a guy tell me today > that I should put in an 8V battery, as it will crank the motor just a little > faster when starting, and won't do any damage to anything electrical. Does > this guy know what he's talking about? > > Mike Fahrbach > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
