JD 500A 24v charging system

[Tx Jim]

Welcome to TBN
I advise to change 24 volt elect system over to 12 volts & save yourself a lot of grief. I served as a JD dealer service manager from '74-'87 & I'll bet I understand the quirky JD 24 volt system much better than the average member of tractor discussion forums. Does your tractors electrical system have 2 large circuit breakers that were field installed that help keep wiring from shorting out & causing a fire?

 

[corcom]

Sorry about the muiltiple posts. This is my first time and I'm just figuring out how this works. Definitely haven't seen these breakers.

 

[Tx Jim]

I switched my Dynahoe to 24 volts,
I used a 24 volt one wire alternator similar to this;[
I just picked up my 12 volt lighting off of one battery.
My system is a negative ground so my alternator is wired to the starter hot lead.

On JD 24 volt system that I'm familiar with one can't successfully have elect accessories connected to just 1 battery as the batteries will not charge back up correctly IE the elect accessory load must be split equally between both batteries.

 

[TBN Support]

Sorry about the muiltiple posts. This is my first time and I'm just figuring out how this works. Definitely haven't seen these breakers.

No worries

I merged the two threads that had posts.