From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2006 - 20:32:04 PST
I just meant not to waste your valuable brain cells when Bjorn has already
"A mind is terrible thing...until it's wasted."
APB
----- Original Message -----
wasted his. Wait...that didn't come out right.
From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <recycler@swbell.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
| Are you tired? It is still interesting to discuss.maybe I am bored.
|
| Arthur Bloom wrote:
| > Yawn. Why reinvent the wheel? It has been analyzed, researched, and
invented
| > by Bjorn. Check the archives, and MV mag.
| >
| > apb
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <recycler@swbell.net>
| > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:20 AM
| > 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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