Engine start on 6 or 12 volt
Hi All
Engine starting on 6 or 12 volt, either or approach. Being a bit of a purest I have retained the 6 volt electrical system on all three of my CMPs. Being blessed with easy starting Chevy engines the 6 volt has not let me down very often. Generally only when they have sat for a long time or in very cold weather or when something else was wrong that more volts might or might not have helped.
But like Bob Estabrooks one of my trucks is set up to start on either 6 volt or 12 volt. When I installed the 261 engine which was designed for 12 volt I did have some concern that the 6 volt would not be able to do the job. But as the C60S has a 12 battery for radios, lights in the box and water system, I installed a selector switch which allows me to connect just the starter to 6 or 12 volt battery. So if the engine doesn't catch on the 6 volt a flip of the switch and the 12 volt spins the engine over.
Only draw back is that the charging system will recharge the 6 volt battery.
Cheers Phil
Cheers Phil
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