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generator to alternator conversion
Tuomas Hosia wrote:
> "Bugger" > wrote: > >> I ended up just using the 6 volt starter on 12 volts. It really kicks the engine >> over. > > IMHO the only rational way to do it. Not The Right Way(TM), but 6V starter > is very durable motor and will last many years if not overheated. > > I've a -63 KG and it was (by PPO) converted to 12 volts in 1992, I changed > the engine last summer and as the new engine had 12V flywheel, I had to > change the starter too. Easier to replace than flywheel with re-balancing > everything etc.. > > So 14 years of regular usage (in summer, Jan surely has told about Finnish > weather...) and nothing wrong so far, so I'd say it will last as long as any > 12V starter if not overheated. > > Tuomas Finnish weather.. hmm... nope, don't miss it at all I hear you didn't even get snow this christmas. Jan |
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generator to alternator conversion
Jan Andersson > kirjoitteli seuraavaa:
(OT, sorry ... local weather report) .... >Finnish weather.. hmm... nope, don't miss it at all I wouldn't either. But so far no other options. >I hear you didn't even get snow this christmas. Yes and not even for new years eve either. Somewhere next week, maybe. (Very rare, I don't remember many black new years eves and I can easily remember 20 years back. A year ago there was about 10 inches snow around here and year before that 20 inches.) Tuomas -- (Tuomas Hosia) DoD#1684 \ On paljon hauskempi olla pakanana, Lappeenranta University of Technology \ ei tarvitse koskaan olla vakavana. Kotisivu: http://www.lut.fi/~hosia/ \ -o Eppu Normaali o- |
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