Amp ga, charge

L.B,

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Last year I rewired everything,rebuilt the gen, new vreg new amp gauge.
polarized sys. 6V 52 8N pos grd. The gauge sits center on start up. Turn on the
lights goes to +.I always disconnect ground cable after use. The battery in it
always needed a charge after it set a few weeks, battery was a 1 yr warranty it
was 3 yold . Went yesterday and got new 6v bat. If the gauge is correct and it
shows charge does that mean the battery is getting charged. 1 year warranty is
a joke I could guarantee a Baghdad battery a year.
 
I think it would do that if you have the negative battery small wire hooked into the amp meter positive side; and the light switch feeder hooked onto the negative amp meter side. Doesn't sound like your charging circuit is going through the amp meter or even getting amps to the battery; so you're just starting and running on battery power alone. A voltmeter would show a slight increase in voltage if checked at the battery when the engine is running, if the connections are right. You might check that for starters. There may be other reasons.
 
You have a few things wired incorrectly. Something is causing a phantom drain on the battery for starts. If when the light switch is activated to the "ON" position and your ammeter reads a PLUS (+) measurement, i.e. needle moves to the right, then you just have the ammeter wired backwards. You simply have to switch the wires from the back terminal posts. Ammeter should show a PLUS charge when tractor fires up. When lights are used, the needle should go to ZERO or to the minus side. However, a backward wired ammeter wouldn't cause a battery drain. There's more not right in the equation. Bargain house batteries are junk, most will only last two years max. Spend the $$$ and get a good 6V AG brand like DEKA or INTERSTATE at a min of 750 CCA. They will last a min of 5 years depending on heavy usage but even so a longer life expectancy than the cheap ones. You can take your components to your trusty local starter/alternator/generator guy and he will bench test them, usually at no charge. The battery must be tested to sustain a charge under load and he ha s the test machine to do that with. Generator and VR can be tweaked so each is at maximum performance. Are the lights wired thru your key switch? If so, that's wrong. Do the lights consist of two headlights, a taillight, and/or a worklight? Are they wired with one wire or two? I'd suggest disconnect the lights altogether and test system again. Problem solving involves a step by step systematic method of determining the root cause. I highly suggest you Google or Bing "Wiring Diagrams by JMOR" and you will find excellent pictograms of every possible CORRECT wiring setup for the Ford N's. These can be found on the other Ford N-Series Tractor web site, not permitted to post link here (why not is plain stupid) but if you email me I will send you their URL.

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[b:fde5dbacd3]"not permitted to post link here (why not is plain stupid)"[/b:fde5dbacd3]

it could be worse. i know a site where what u did, simply mentioning a presumably competing site, is a banning offense. and it goes downhill from there, believe it or not.
 
I have a N with a loader and the same battery as this and its 5 yrs old and never had a problem. I had 2 Interstates in my life in a car and were junk, but my best buddy swears Interstate are the best he had always had bought NAPA but quit them cause they were junk. I went to get a Interstate and the dealer here said he doesn't sell them anymore nobody bought them. Now I believe you when you say they are a good battery cause I have 7 vehicles and all have noting but Wal-Marts top of the line 7 or 8 yr ones and just replaced one and it was 8 yrs old and I dont like even going into a wal mart but never a issue with their battery but they dont have 6V. My buddy has a theory about NAPA batteries, he jokingly says they make them in Florida each morning they set 20 in the shade and 20 in the sun. at 11AM they start a motor with them if they start the motor they stay where they are now the ones that dont start the motor swap to either sun or shade and never tested again. Now when they go to ship them the shaded ones go to cold states and one in the sun go to the warm states. Anyway thanks and I will follow your advice, I did use JMOR's diagram and I must have something wrong.
 
I am a firm believer that all the information regarding old antique machines like we have should be made available and shared by everyone. This isn't a popularity contest. No one web site is the one and only. We should be free to share this knowledge everywhere so everyone benefits.

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i agree, tim - but i'm also a firm believer that anyone who has a website should be able to run it as he or she sees fit, so long as they're not breaking laws by doing so..

there's an old saying from the world of chat servers:

[i:992dd16353]if u want to make your own rules, start your own server.[/i:992dd16353]
 
Hook a voltmeter to the bat was does it read off and run'N... Tho I am not knowledgeable about 6V regulators and gens I am sure you can get the help needed HERE to check it out and not have to disassemble all that chit and haul it off to a shop.

If some were not tote'N a grudge they would copy and paste the info instead of shoot'N off about something they can do nuttin about. Its life deal with it get over it are leave BTDT and survived.
 

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