19-10-2018, 08:41 PM
The many conversions were covered exhaustively on the old website.
The most basic involve no changes except of the cutout operation and with field current suitably limited by one means or another. The latter is critical as original field volts less than 6.
Many set up for little more than igniton current and rely on a regulated bench charger to maintain the battery.
As with the original car, many cope without a voltage regulator, but modern batteries are esp sensitive to overcharging.
With provision to suitably limit field current, some have used electromechanical regulators but the pulsed action is reckoned to rattle the timing gears.
I dunno about the specialised electronic regulators but these apparently operate without the 3rd brush and contrive to keep field current within bounds. Unless you have elctrical knowledge, lotsa patience, and no money would seem good option.
The most basic involve no changes except of the cutout operation and with field current suitably limited by one means or another. The latter is critical as original field volts less than 6.
Many set up for little more than igniton current and rely on a regulated bench charger to maintain the battery.
As with the original car, many cope without a voltage regulator, but modern batteries are esp sensitive to overcharging.
With provision to suitably limit field current, some have used electromechanical regulators but the pulsed action is reckoned to rattle the timing gears.
I dunno about the specialised electronic regulators but these apparently operate without the 3rd brush and contrive to keep field current within bounds. Unless you have elctrical knowledge, lotsa patience, and no money would seem good option.