

| Subject: | Re: +24v electrical system |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:43:52 -0600 |
So what you're saying is that you can't see at night. Military vehicles use 24v because they must have 24 v to accomidate a wide variety of assist in battle field conditions. Aircraft over a certain size in civilian usage go to 24 volt for the lighter wiring you mention. Commercial / Millitary aircraft use 24 volt because of the long cable runs and servo motors can be made smaller in 24v vs 12v. I have a 66 Westy (37 years old) 12v conversion, and an 83 Westy 20 years old ................. where are my wiring problems?. I think you make 'too much adoo' about nothing. I'm thinking that installing a second battery and just putting the headlights on a 24v circuit might be enough, just leave everything else alone to avoid nightmares. Stan Wilder On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:43:45 -0500 vw4x4@fyi.net writes: > In any wiring system, current is the main limiting > factor to the wire itself. Having problems with this > in the head light circuit, rather than re-wiring with > thicker wire it is easier to keep the same power > to the lights by doubling the voltage and running > half the current. Half the current thru the same > wires mean the wiring no longer acts like > mutch of a limiting resistance problem, and light will > be as bright as they were intended. Other Vanagon > wiring problems could be solved in the manner. > Eric > > > > Stan Wilder wrote: > > > > So now I'm considering > > > running only a portion of the Vanagon on 24v.....Just food for > > thought... > > ---------------------- Clip ---------------------------- > > Stupid question ........................... why? > > Please explain what benefits you expect to gain. > > > > Stan Wilder > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > > Only $9.95 per month! > > Visit www.juno.com > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
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