This is a cool approach. I used to have a 33 foot Champion Motorhome,
and I had the 12 volt/24 volt setup. Worked good.

John Rodgers
88 GL driver

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Eric Zeno wrote:
>
>
>>So now I'm considering
>>running only a portion of the Vanagon on 24v.....Just food for thought...
>
>
> Here's a thought.  Wire two 12 volt batteries in series.  Charge them
> together with your 24 volt charging system, and run all your 24 volt stuff
> off the pair.  To run your 12 volt stuff, you tap off the connection
> between the two batteries.
>
> I've heard of people doing this as a partial 12 volt conversion for a 6
> volt car.  (Using two 6 volt batteries in series, of course.)
>
> As for where you're going to get a 24 volt alternator to fit a Vanagon, I
> have no idea. ;)
>