From: V SCHWARTZ (vsaws@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2006 - 05:36:23 PST
I have to agree with Gene, We have a 10Ton Eager Beaver trailer that we pull
behind either the duce or the wrecker ( which ever is running at the time)
and all we did was change the bulbs to 28V and make the Mil. Cable
connection. It works fine, and Pat now thinks he is a Genious. I just drive
.Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>
>
> At 9:58 AM -0700 3/3/06, SGM PANTANO wrote:
>>Hey...wake up.. There is no such thing as a 24 volt or a 12 volt trailer..
>>The light receptacles in the Military tail lights could care less what
>>bulb
>>is in there..
>
> But the wiring could. 24 volt wires could be
> sized smaller, try to run the same wattage bulb
> at 12 volts and you could fry your wires. Check
> the wire harness first!
>
>
>
> Twelve gauge copper wire has an ampacity of 41 in open air (single
> insulated
> conductor) and an ampacity of 23 in a harness. For 14 gauge wire, the
> ratings are 32 amps and 17 amps, respectively. It would take a lot of
> lamps
> to reach those limits. In addition, there are fuses which are designed to
> fry before the wires do.
>
> Arthur P. Bloom
>
>
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