Anonymous-0
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The WD that I bought on the auction still has the 6 volt system. It also has a magneto ignition. I will eventually convert it to 12 volt, but the previous owner put a new battery in it to get it ready for the auction so I would like to use it this way for now. The problem is that it is not charging. The generator has what I assume is a new style replacement for the cut out relay. It is a small rectangular box with a BAT & ARM terminals on it. I could use some help on how these systems work. I know the light switch has something to do with the charge rate. I drove it home from the auction, about 6 miles and when I got home the left side of the dash was too hot to keep your hand on it. Tonight I took the dash off the battery box and ran the engine. The resistor on the side of the light switch got red hot almost immediately. I also had a lot of arching between the dash and tractor. If I picked the dash up so it wasn't grounded the resistor would cool down. After it ran a while the arching got less and the resistor didn't get hot. If the light switch was pulled out the arching would get larger. I just had battery voltage across the battery terminals wile doing this so I'm sure no charge was going into the battery. I would appreciate any help you could give me on this. Thanks.