[Milsurplus] 12v -- 24v Vehicle Power

[Gary Pewitt]

Well the government must have thought it worked pretty well as they put 
it into many 10's of thousands of vehicles for several generations. My 
1954 M-37 had two 12v batteries under the passenger seat and a 24v 
generator that charged them in series. Of course the army had manuals 
full of maintenance procedures for keeping the vehicles running. Such as 
checking the specific gravity of the battery cells on a regular basis.
I bought a surplus 24v generator and regulator and some day I'm going to 
get around to installing it on my old 1970 Dodge Power Wagon. I can use 
the pulley slots that were meant for the air conditioner.
73 Gary





Sean Kelly wrote:
>> The simplest way to go is to install a 24v generator or alternator and 
>> run two 12v batteries in series. Tap off between the batteries for 12v 
>> for lights, ignition, ect. When I had my 24v M-37 weapons carrier I 
>> easily ran any 12v gear that way. Worked just fine till I sold it for 
>> college money. Damn I wish I still had it. :'(
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> I can't figure out why this combination wouldn't charge one battery too much and the one for 12 Volts too little? -------  Because they are in series not parallel.  ------------
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