From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2006 - 06:44:23 PST
But...Gene's solution is the best......bulbs.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Shoop" <shoop19@brick.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
> Try 6-36 volt LED tail lights on the trailer. Works great!
>
> Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <recycler@swbell.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>
>
>> One thing could be done, to use a small 24-to-12 switching power supply
>> (buck converter) for each lamp to be lit on the trailer. 24V/1A in,
>> 12V/2A out.. less any inefficiencies.
>>
>> truck socket sees proper currents, trailer lamps see proper voltages.
>> (unless you have a fat wallet, you should make your own switchers.)
>>
>> This could also be done cheeply with any solid state circuit that would
>> turn the power on and off maybe 100 times a second with a 50% duty cycle.
>> Would not need a full blown regulated switcher. (visions of a 555 timer
>> and a BDW94CFP (12A PNP Darlington in an isolated TO-220 case))
>>
>> but that's for geeks, making your own electronics.
>>
>> The easiest and cheapest thing by far (other than changing lamps) is to
>> add a second set of lamp fixtures with 24V lamps to include the proper
>> connector for your truck's trailer socket. Besides, due to the oddities
>> of various brake light wiring schemes among civvy vehicles, you may not
>> want to mix and match the wiring.
>>
>> PJ
>>
>> Arthur Bloom wrote:
>>
>>> ----- 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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