Re: Completed Alternator 6V + conversion

Posted by Tim Cole On 2014/6/26 14:46:46

Hi Old Sporto:

Thank you for the report. It is very worthwhile information.

A lot of people bad mouth the 6 volt generators for the wrong reason. Yes, many are not performing well. No, they are not inferior devices. They are simply worn out.

When they were new they did a fine job, but years later if you want good performance you need new parts.

Given you are interested in performance, I recommend going through the car and adding grounding pigtails to all the lights and checking the voltage drop across connections.
Also as bulbs age they lose candle power so consider replacing them. Information on how to check a bulb can be found on this website.

You can find techniques how to do voltage drop tests can be found "JunkTube"