>ceramic deal will not carry the amps without glowing hot,
That is how they work. They are really varistors, the resistance increases with temperature, so as the current increases, they get hotter, the resistance increases, and the current goes down. They are better than a lpain resistor, but they do not really regulate, so yes, the motor speed will drift still...
>most of what you find for sale listed as a '12v to 6v converter' is nothing more than a resistor,
This is why I wouldn't walk into an auto parts store and ask for one ;P
>voltage reducer and converter can be used interchangeably,
The correct term is really voltage regulator, but the automotive folks don't seem to like that term. The efficient ones are switching power supplies, so they are also 'convertors', that is not a reversible equivilance tho ;P
The runtz (blue) one should be along the right idea, but it's probably too small for that motor.
15 amps is kinda overkill, and the things are not cheap, that is why I was also going to ask if you were running anything else 6volt (gas guage, radio, etc...)
I was also going to go look in the 55 dodge and see what we had put in that, then I remembered we left it at 6volts (duh)
The reason that it is hard to find inbetween sizes is the old 6V radios were all vacuum tube and draw tons of current...
>Ron Francis VR-4 electronic voltage reducer
Inefficient, not in a very nice package,and a bit $$, but other than that, it is pretty much what I had in mind....
