[ARC5] Jeep’s with ARC-5 radios

[MARK DORNEY]

I think we’ve established that the only way to practically run an ARC-5 set up on a WW2 Jeep is to run it off an APU or to have a battery bank set up somewhere to provide 24 volt power to the set, since there was no conversion kit for the WW2 jeep to run 24 volt power, and Jeep’s and other light vehicles weren’t converted to run a 24 volt electrical system until the 1950’s.  More than likely this generator or APU was run separately from the vehicle, perhaps towed behind it on a trailer. Batteries could be charged together or separately, depending on what was available to charge them.  So what is needed now are pictures of the power set up. It would have to be pictures, since there was no official 24 volt set up authorized by any military until well after the war. Even the PTO radio Jeep’s purpose built during WW2 were 12 volt. 

“The game is afoot”

Mark Dorney

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