Re: Voltage Regulator and Generator Troubleshooting Help

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2016/5/7 13:26:34

O_D -> Disagree all you want, no need to polarize your alternator!...
Handwriting was on the wall, even if the load didn't change the world would have got away from 6V + grd. The + grds seemed to leak off faster. I can't recall how many times, nearly every, I had to charge up the old 8N before I could cut grass. Battery life just wasn't good. 6V - good for flashlights not cars. There's a 12V gen and reg on the Cad. Weighs a ton but no complaints. Packard 6V worked OK.
I had a hypothesis that the pos grnd actually made the car less susceptible to corrosion (via anodic protection) and the switch to neg possibly accelerated it (cathodic - car becomes the anode). They came a long way with corrosion protection since the early 12V days of rocker panel and headlight bucket replacement.