Hi guys
I have a kinda hybrid CS6/8 here which I'd like to use to drive a couple of big Leece-Neville truck alternators to charge a bunch of 12V batteries (Yes, I know the 12V has many limitations, but it's a legacy system with a single large-ish 12V panel and three small 12V inverters and a bunch of batteries - so it's a "use what you got" system)
I forget what I paid for the two alternators - it might have been $40, or maybe $40 each? They were new-old-stock, still in their boxes and packaging.
See pics? I have the two of them on a base I can weld above one flywheel of the CS and put a flat-surfaced idler between and below them (adjustable in a couple planes) to use as a tensioner
The alternators have straight-blade fans (not fitted atm - I just have pulleys on for alignment purposes) and info on line says they don't care which direction they rotate at
I don't have a lot of info on them other than what I find on line; but I think their max RPMs are 8000. So with a 600mm CS flywheel and a driven pulley around 70mm, even at 600 revs they're gonna be fine
I'd appreciate any experience-based thoughts on mounting/belts etc. The grooves are for an SPB belt, but will drive just fine with a B
See pics? How do you reckon I need to wire the buggers?
One pic shows a label with the + and the - and the instruction "observe polarity" and the = and - terminals on the casting at the other ends from those on the sign. I suspect the label may be generic
I have no idea at all what the various other small terminals are for. Possibly I can ignore most of them
The brief, generic guidelines on several Leece Neville installation blurbs say the installation needs a switch/key in the circuit and also a 6W bulb (so there's a wee current for excitation, perhaps?)
Expertise welcome