TheOldHokie
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- Myersville, MD
It's official - my 1950 8N is now a stealth 12V conversion. One of the reasons I even bother with an 8N is because I like their classic old school look and an alternator hanging off the side offends my aesthetic senses. So after a lot of debate and research I took my OEM generator in to a local electrical shop on Monday and told them I wanted them to make it look purty, work good, and charge a 12V battery :roll:
I picked it up a couple hours ago and they did all of that and did it well right down to a discreetly stamped 12V just above the Ford logo on the barrel. Now even Bruce won't be able to tell I did the 12V nasty without counting the number of cells in the battery ;-) The essentials for those that care:
8N-10001 - Ford OEM generator
262-14004 - J&N Auto Electric 12V field coils
231-14005 - J&N Auto Electric 12V B-circuit voltage regulator
Bench test results: Charges 14.5 VDC @ 1500 generator RPM, full fields @17 VDC
Now all I need to do is get the tractor back together and give it some field (no pun intended) testing....
TOH
I picked it up a couple hours ago and they did all of that and did it well right down to a discreetly stamped 12V just above the Ford logo on the barrel. Now even Bruce won't be able to tell I did the 12V nasty without counting the number of cells in the battery ;-) The essentials for those that care:
8N-10001 - Ford OEM generator
262-14004 - J&N Auto Electric 12V field coils
231-14005 - J&N Auto Electric 12V B-circuit voltage regulator
Bench test results: Charges 14.5 VDC @ 1500 generator RPM, full fields @17 VDC
Now all I need to do is get the tractor back together and give it some field (no pun intended) testing....
TOH