No it does not need to be insulated in fact it is better if it is attached to the frame as it can get warm and the frame acts a a heat sink, I have fitted them to an aluminium plate to absorb the heat.
You can buy a solid-state rectifier/regulator for 6 volts. You can fit & forget and feed all the AC output straight in. That machine is a FB Cruiser 80, and was positive-earth when new. You can, of course, change it to neg.-earth.
I thought the old Lucas 6v systems used 3 pairs of stator coils, 1 pair connected for lights-off use, then the other 2 connected through the light switch for lights-on use, so it's important to know which of your stator wires is which.
Thank you for this film Derek, its helped me greatly . Its people like you. In sheds everywhere, that keep British know how alive .
What a great video! Thank you for the baseline explanation that will help me on so many different projects!
Love vid Derek love all the old school ways,thanks mate
a slip of the old tong I said regulator it is of course a rectifier.
great video, very helpful thank you, one question does the rectifier have to be isolated from the frame ?
No it does not need to be insulated in fact it is better if it is attached to the frame as it can get warm and the frame acts a a heat sink, I have fitted them to an aluminium plate to absorb the heat.
You can buy a solid-state rectifier/regulator for 6 volts. You can fit & forget and feed all the AC output straight in. That machine is a FB Cruiser 80, and was positive-earth when new. You can, of course, change it to neg.-earth.
Thankyou Dave very helpfull
THANK YOU
I thought the old Lucas 6v systems used 3 pairs of stator coils, 1 pair connected for lights-off use, then the other 2 connected through the light switch for lights-on use, so it's important to know which of your stator wires is which.
some were wired as two sets of three coils and some three sets of two coils these would have four wires coming out not three.
great video A++++++ john