Hello all my worthy Yamahaulers,

New guy from the states(got a post in the newbie forum) and hope I'm not too quick off the mark. I have not been able to find anything addressing the battery's necessity in the electrical circuits of 70s and early 80s DT-type enduros. I have a 1978 DT175E that is waiting on a 6V battery, and I was curious if the lighting coils need the battery in the system in order to operate the lights and horn correctly. Anyone know enough electrical theory on this one? I am suspecting it's an amperage thing and that the coils produce the volts but not enough amps.

I see that some choose to convert their systems to 12V and I guess that's to make the lighting system more potent, but don't know if anyone has done it on this vintage bike.

Thanks for your time.

Cheers,

Richard

horn, tail light, turn sigs, pilot light and instrument lights need the battery Richard, headlight is AC straight from the flywheel generator, member NEO did a comprehensive topic on 12v conversion for these

horn, tail light, turn sigs, pilot light and instrument lights need the battery

Thank you, figured as much, just never could find it in writing.