This is a cool approach. I used to have a 33 foot Champion Motorhome, and I had the 12 volt/24 volt setup. Worked good. John Rodgers 88 GL driver David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Eric Zeno wrote: > > >>So now I'm considering >>running only a portion of the Vanagon on 24v.....Just food for thought... > > > Here's a thought. Wire two 12 volt batteries in series. Charge them > together with your 24 volt charging system, and run all your 24 volt stuff > off the pair. To run your 12 volt stuff, you tap off the connection > between the two batteries. > > I've heard of people doing this as a partial 12 volt conversion for a 6 > volt car. (Using two 6 volt batteries in series, of course.) > > As for where you're going to get a 24 volt alternator to fit a Vanagon, I > have no idea. ;) > |
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