Re: Let's discuss Packard 6V electrical systems and the change to 12V systems

Posted by Peter Packard On 2008/6/22 20:23:58

G'day all, Well I have located the article in the January 1954 SAE Journal entitled "12 Volts presents its case" . It was presented by S.M Terry of American Bosch Corp. and is Quote: Based on Secretary's report of Round Table_ 12 volt versus 6 -Volt Electrical System for Passenger Cars presented under the auspices of the SAE Passenger Car Activity at the SAE Summer Meeting, Atlantic City, June 10, 1953. end quote.
The opening statement is Quote: Ignition improvement is the main reason for using 12-v electrical systems in certain of today's passenger cars, particularly the ones with high-compression, 8 cyl engines. As far as lighting, battery, starter and generator, and accessories are concerned, 12-v systems are no better on the whole or they are at a disadvantage. end quote.
The two page article which I extracted in 1976 has suffered a bit in storage but i shall post it if i can figure out how to do it. The panel members who expressed the opinions in this article were :
C.W.Rainey, Panel leader, Ford Motor Co.
S.M.Terry, Panel secretary, American Bosch Corp.
L.E.Wells Electric Storage Battery Co.
H.L. Hartzell Delco-Remt Div, General Motors Corp.
C.R. Boothby Electric Auto-Lite Co
V.J.Roper General Electric Co
I.C Mackechnie Chrysler Corp.

A very interesting article. best regards peter Toet