Good information, what type of vehicle are they normally found on? Cars usually have an alternator which is of no use to us. There are almost no tractors here in the Philippines, that is what a carabao (water buffalo) is for.
Alternators came out , around the mid 60s, I believe. Every one was driving at night with dim lights until the alternator came out. THE DELCO GENERATORS, were on the General Motors Division vehicles. Most of the tractor did have generators at that time. many different makes. The ones i am accustomed to, that had Delcos on were the shorter case ones. There were some Autolite, Prestolite that had about the same style of gen on. Most of those armatures will fit the stock Delco. Before the negative ground came out most were on the opposite side of the engine because were wound different. (CCW). The reason I put 1 CW - 1 CCW pole in the one gen I'm working on. As far back as I can remember late 40s- early to mid 60s vehicle had the style were looking for. The earlier trucks did have a much bigger generator on, Like you were talking a bout a 4 pole because rpm wasn't that fast. Like on the cars that have higher rpm which are the 2 pole. Like gen heads 1800 rpm and 2 pole 3600 rpm. Hope this helps. The 4 pole one would be ideal if one could be found. More area inside to work with not so cramped. The motor coils would be ok, Then you could put in wider generator coils in. Then the slots would be easier to position, where they are needed.
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