12 Volt Conversion w/ 6 Volt EI

Question: Can this be done and how?

Thanks in advance.

No problems as of yet. I am refurbishing an old 9N from the ground up and was originally going to keep it 6 volt (and still might). After reading some posts on this and other boards I figured that 12 volts has a lot of advantages, accessories wise, that I like.

I thought that maybe just reversing the positive ground coil and making it negative ground and inserting a 6 to 12 resistor in the ignition line to the coil I could keep my EI and everything else would be 12 volt.

Haven't done much mechanicin' in the last 30 years and thought I'd post to those with more knowledge on this subject. Not interested in destroying anything doing R&D.

If you have a six volt negative ground EI then maybe you could use a converting resistor.

You would have to use an external round can coil to change its polarity -- it would be hard to change the polarity of the original square can front mount coil.

Roger in Michigan

Did I forget to mention that the EI came with a 6 volt round automotive type coil?

I will hook up the mechanical boot this evening and kick my posterior several times!