From: Ed (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun May 15 2005 - 07:08:07 PDT
At the risk of being flamed I have to say that I have used the front
battery hooked up through the original wiring harness to the blocks
inside my M-1009. I now have 12 VDC on the top, (positive), buss & the
bottom is of course negative. I have a full size Federal signal light
bar, a PA-300 Federal signal siren, a Motorola Syntor VHF radio for
Fire/Rescue, an ICOM 706 MKII G HAM radio with a Hi Sierra screwdriver
antenna, a Motorola Saber convertacom with 75 watt amplifier, a
flashlight charger, a spotlight charger, a cell phone charger, a Whelen
strobe system, a Police type dome light, an AN-PVS11 PLGR military issue
GPS system, and a Cobra CB radio, all 12 VDC and I have never had a
problem with either battery or the charging system in the several years
that I have used this wonderful CUCV for Fire/Rescue missions.
Best Regards,
Ed
Mike wrote:
> I would have to agree. Why bother with a 24 to 12v converter in a CUCV. They are already out of balance, 10 more amps shouldn't make much difference.
>
> Has anyone tried tapping the top battery with an isolated 12v load? All it does in most CUCV's is recharge the battery after the truck is started. Most of the load is no the front system.
>
> Mike in Tish
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Greeley <etgreeley@earthlink.net>
> Sent: May 15, 2005 1:53 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV GEN 1 FIXED . DC/DC question
>
> Don -
>
> unless, of
> course, you are dealing with a system that has a separate 12V generator
> (alternator) for each "half" of the 24V bank in which case the problem
> should be moot. Flamers please note: I have seen the all arguments pro
> and con about how to obtain 12V for equipment from a 24V system for a
> lot of years on this forum. What I have said is MY opinion as a retired
> "electronics guy", and I don't need to hear it all again.
>
>
>
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