Wiring diagrams to help you understand how it is done.

[RandyLittrell 3,877]

14 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I try as hard as I can to buy wire that is 100% copper. I don't know if there is any merit to it but I have read that the CCA or Copper Clad Aluminum can have a tendency to corrode due to the rules of dissimilar metals.

 

Maybe 3 years ago now? I bought a 50-foot spool of full copper 7 conductor trailer wire.

That gives me the option of cutting the outside sheath off and using seven individual wires or leaving it on where I might want it to run through something like the gas tank shelf.

I don't do restorations. We build workers. So the actual color of the wire is less important to me than it is to some.

 

 

 

 

What gauge did you get? I am thinking 14 AWG . 

 

 

Randy

[ebinmaine 67,390]

1 minute ago, RandyLittrell said:

 

What gauge did you get? I am thinking 14 AWG . 

 

 

Randy

Yes that's correct. 14 gauge is more than enough for each single circuit on these tractors.

 

If you're going to buy online do some research first. I had to order some red wire the other day and I found that 12 gauge was about the same price as 14 so I opted for the larger wire.

 

 

[RandyLittrell 3,877]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Yes that's correct. 14 gauge is more than enough for each single circuit on these tractors.

 

If you're going to buy online do some research first. I had to order some red wire the other day and I found that 12 gauge was about the same price as 14 so I opted for the larger wire.

 

 

 

I research things to death, before I buy!! LOL

 

 

Randy

[ebinmaine 67,390]

4 minutes ago, RandyLittrell said:

 

I research things to death, before I buy!! LOL

 

 

Randy

If it would be helpful to you I can p.m. you a link of what I bought, later today.

[RandyLittrell 3,877]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

If it would be helpful to you I can p.m. you a link of what I bought, later today.

 

Whenever would be great, no hurry. Thanks. 

 

 

 

randy

[tunahead72 2,411]

21 hours ago, RandyLittrell said:

 

I research things to death, before I buy!! LOL

 

 

Randy

 

You should see my 3 pages of notes on 7" replacement gauge wheels for my mower decks! 

[illinibrew 10]

Thank You!  I was going a little blind on google trying to figure this out.  Newbie to WH here.... nice place you all have created here.  

[ebinmaine 67,390]

3 minutes ago, illinibrew said:

Thank You!  I was going a little blind on google trying to figure this out.  Newbie to WH here.... nice place you all have created here.  

Welcome aboard.

Feel free to post threads and ask your own questions in existing ones.

 

[953 nut 55,155]

1 hour ago, illinibrew said:

nice place you all have created here.

                Lots of great folks here willing to share information. Click on this link and do an introduction so we can get to know you and your  .                https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/47-introductions/?do=add

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[WHX?? 48,813]

 @illinibrew

Yes please do tell us about yerself and yer 

[cschannuth 3,816]

This is great information!

[ebinmaine 67,390]

On 6/12/2018 at 4:56 PM, 953 nut said:

  use the 5 post ignition switches  103-990 for Battery Ignition. 

 

Battery powered ignition with solenoid, points, condenser, Starter Generator and a mechanical voltage regulator.

 

 

@Retired Wrencher

 

Here ya go Gary. 

 

[Retired Wrencher 5,450]

58 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

@Retired Wrencher

 

Here ya go Gary. 

 

Thanks Eric. I will send you some picks today. Of what I have.

[Handy Don 12,201]

FWIW:

- 14ga in household wiring safely handles 15 amps at 120 volts --- that’s 1,800 watts.

- 16ga handles 13 amps @120 volts -- that’s 1,560 watt.

 

The strongest stators on a Wheel Horse generate no more than 20 amps at 15 volts --- that’s 300 watts. 

 

Save your money and the resources. 16 gauge is PLENTY.

[953 nut 55,155]

10 hours ago, Handy Don said:

FWIW:

- 14ga in household wiring safely handles 15 amps at 120 volts --- that’s 1,800 watts.

- 16ga handles 13 amps @120 volts -- that’s 1,560 watt.

 

The strongest stators on a Wheel Horse generate no more than 20 amps at 15 volts --- that’s 300 watts. 

 

Save your money and the resources. 16 gauge is PLENTY.

16 gauge is all you need for anything but battery cables.

Those ratings are for multiple conductors in conduit where heat is not rapidly dissipated, in open air you can go 50% over with no problem.

[Rick3478 428]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

16 gauge is all you need for anything but battery cables.

Those ratings are for multiple conductors in conduit where heat is not rapidly dissipated, in open air you can go 50% over with no problem.

 

It's also relevant to high temperature environments, like under the hood of a garden tractor with an air-cooled engine.

[953 nut 55,155]

The wire gauge you should use can very with the length of the wire as well as the power (Volts multiplied by electrical current) that is being used. @squonk posted a site that explains this very well.  Here is a link to this site,   https://jascoautomotive.com/automotive-wire-amperage-capacity-chart/  Thanks for posting this Mike.

[ebinmaine 67,390]

@Wheelhorse#1

[953 nut 55,155]

If you want to update the cranking system on a solid state Tecumseh or other magneto ignition engine using a solenoid and the more modern 103-991 ignition switch this is the drawing to work from.