A few years back I was asked to give a Seminar at The Gathering of the Green Conference in Moline Illinois which I researched and presented on 6 to 12 Volt Conversions. It was well attended and we had some fun with it even though the Correct Police staged a protest lol
I obviously cant give the 2 hour presentation here, but in a nutshell I offered a suggestion that on the smaller easier to crank tractors if a person used the biggest heaviest highest rated battery that fits in the box and 00 Gauge Battery n Starter n Ground cables with a good well tuned engine (and all godd electrical components) they ought to start and perform just fine in cold weather.
HOWEVER on the bigger harder to crank tractors I cut them more slack.
All one basically has to do on coil ignition systems, if he wants to retain the old coil, is to add a series voltage dropping (12 to 6)external Ballast Resistor,,,,,,,,change light bulbs,,,,,,,Replace (with a 12 volt) or modify the 6 volt genny to charge the 12 volt battery,,,,,,,,deal with polarity issues in cases if an alternator is used.
Finally my advice was its a mans own tractor and his own choice if he wants to convert or not and I was and remain willing to offer advice regardless.
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