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Paul in Edmonton 10-18-2012 06:34:52 128.144.90.52 Report to Moderator	Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see But as long as your 6V battery has enough juice to give you spark, you can use your boosting vehicle's 12 V across the starter without damaging the 6V system. (See one of Bruce's 50 tips.) I've done this a bunch of times--gives nice fast cranking, too. Just make sure your wife/kids know where to put the 12V--it's *not* across the 6V battery! -Paul [Reply]   [No Email]
oldtanker 10-18-2012 07:53:19 66.228.255.239 Report to Moderator	Re: Change over to alternator in reply to Paul in Edmonton, 10-18-2012 06:34:52   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Paul that is great in theory but what happens if I wind up sick and my mechanically challenged SIL and daughter come home to help out for a few days? Plus my wife is scared to death of electricity and wouldn't even try. Everything 12 volt then everything is compatable. Heck she can even hook up the charger and use that. LOL Heck I', 57 years old, have jumped 6 with 12 many times. I don't show tractors. I work them. I wouldn't have a 6 volt car/truck or tractor on the place. Purchased 2 new battery chargers, one, a roll away that was well over 100 dollars, has 12 volt only charging plus boost. The lesser one (for my boat batts) was 50 bucks and also 12 volt only. If I still had 6 volt I'd have to buy a 3rd charger. Rick   [Reply]  [No Email]
Ultradog MN 10-18-2012 07:30:44 184.100.106.5 Report to Moderator	Re: Change over to alternator in reply to Paul in Edmonton, 10-18-2012 06:34:52   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see I think you are asking a lot of most women and most kids nowadays. 12V is much safer. Not only because you don't have to know any special way to jump straight to the starter but you don't have to worry about having it in neutral and getting run over, etc.   [Reply]  [No Email]