6 volt, 12 volt or magneto horn

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: 6 volt, 12 volt or magneto horn
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Skip Lane on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 04:37 pm:

Have acquired Model T?? electric horn. No markings, 2 terminals. How can I determine correct voltage for it?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 04:55 pm:

Please post a couple of pictures of it here, the experts will be able to tell you in a minute. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 04:58 pm:

If it IS a Model T horn, a 2 terminal would make it an earlier magneto horn, I believe. All the Ford & Ames electrics I have & seen have a single terminal.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Skip Lane on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 06:00 pm:

Here are some pix.HornHorn3


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 06:17 pm:

Not a magneto horn. This is a Klaxon horn similar to a Model A horn, but not a Model A horn. What I would suggest is to try it with 6 volt battery and see if it will honk. I think most cars had 6 volt batteries until the 1950's, and that horn looks older than that.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 07:37 pm:

6 volt for chevy 1920s.charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Menzies on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 07:47 pm:

I have two early motorized horns one is 6 volt and the other is 12 volt. I think 6 volt is most common and as previous post try it on 6 volt it should spin up real fast. I once wired a motorized horn to my starter switch as an anti-theft device, the real starter switch was secretly hidden.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Friday, December 26, 2014 - 11:58 pm:

Motor driven ahooga horn - non Ford.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Saturday, December 27, 2014 - 12:20 pm:

Dodge used 12 volts till 1926. For 1927 they went to separate starter and generator and went 6 volts untill the 50's.


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