Comments on: 6 Volt Battery Polarity Reversed!

By: Gene Nicholson

Gene Nicholson — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:38:59 +0000

I have seen reverse polarity several times. The residual magnatism in a generator can even be neutral. If the Batery is dead enough, re polarizing the gen to charge correctly did no harm to the regulator or battery. (There could be exceptions)
I was shop manager for a Ford tractor and equip. for 18 years. Your 8N brings back a lot of good memories. Electrical was my “corner” . Once when batterys had lead bars out on top between cells, I bought one with one cell installed backward.

By: Rick M

Rick M — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:27:27 +0000

Hi,
My father in law has a 1950 dodge 1 1/2 tom with a 6 volt system in it. we need to reverse the polarity ( we have replaced the regulator and battery), but it discharges and we were told that we have to reverse the polarity but we are not sure what steps you have to do to do that can you please help with step by step instructions…. would be greatly appreciated…. thanks Rick

By: bud braun

bud braun — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:19:42 +0000

The party was right about reversing the polarity ;touch the battery hot lead to the fields lead on the regulator .This reverses the polarity in the gen. not the battery .. Make sure the battery has been hooked uo tp pos ground….

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:53:34 +0000

Pos to pos, neg to neg always!!!

You can buy 12 vt reverse polarity chargers, not sure if they’re available for 6 vt bats though.
If yer gonna use it for bat maintenance use a “trickle” type charger.

By: silas

silas — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:41:54 +0000

hi, need some help. i have a ferguson 1951 with a new 6volt+ ground battery.runs great im going to leave it at camp . i have a 6volt solar charger i was going to leave on the tractor to keep it charged but im not sure where to put the leads on the battery
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By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:59:42 +0000

Yes if you discharge the battery then hook the cables up red to ground it is posible to reverse the polarity of the battery to correct it discharge hook up correctly then recharge (discharge to avoid spark and damage to charger

By: pat baker

pat baker — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:27:32 +0000

Hi, I have 6, 6 volt deepcycle golf cart batteries for 36 volt system. Someone hooked charger cable onto 5 of them. The 6th battery reversed itself. Now that I discovered this I’m charging all 6 together and reversed #6 battery which had a full charge but backwards.It runs fine but should I attempt to reverse it back to normal by discharging and recharging in the right direction? Pat