[ARC5] BC-455 adventure
Neil
neilb at ihug.co.nz
Sat Jun 16 21:00:14 EDT 2012
> I've had sets in which the fils had been rewired for 12 volts.
> I put a 28 volt dyno on them, run it at 12 volts and it worked
> just fine. Ran for hours.
Circa 1980 I opened up an ARC-5 dynamotor and found that
the two field coils were connected in series across the 28V input.
It should be no problem to rewire them in parallel, making them
appropriate for 12-14V. This may give more stable operation at
that voltage for those who want to try it.
73 de Neil ZL1ANM
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