Re: [MV] CHEAP (er) 24 to 12 volt converters, if you care

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 09:41:07 PST


At 11:28 AM -0600 2/22/02, Hutterer, John - Deltec wrote:
>For What It's Worth:
>
>There is a separate 12 volt lead coming off of one of the batteries in the
>800 series trucks. I believe that it is for the glow plug that is in the
>intake (for cold starts), as it is on both the wrecker and the tractor
>versions of that series. I assume that it appears on all 800 series
>vehicles. It was DESIGNED to be there. It pulls a fair amount of power, but
>only for a minute or two, while the engine is being cranked and during the
>first minute or so of warm-up. I'm not exactly sure how this relates to the
>idea of hooking up a 12 volt accessory to one of your batteries but, if the
>accessory didn't pull much power, it might be equivalent to the load from
>the glow plug.

I suspect that from what I've read of the issue a small load isn't a
huge deal. But if that load is constant you may run into a further
problem.

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