Posted by John T on November 20, 2011 at 06:15:30 from (173.243.181.15):
In Reply to: 6 volt electrical posted by Ron(UT) on November 19, 2011 at 14:49:19:
You used to be able to buy (I had one years back) 6/12 series paralell switching solenoids that sat on top of a 6/12 battery so 12 votls was available at starting then they switched back to 6 for running. It can be done using regular solenoid switches with sufficient duty cycle but thats still a lot of "stuff" to jury rig to switch two 6 volt batteries from series to paralell.
HOWEVER Id agree it so much cheaper and easier and less jury rigging to just convert over to 12 volts and a 12 volt negative ground alternator with minor and easy modifications and be done with it
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