Re: [MV] Electrical Problem/Trailer Hookups

From: Santoken (santoken@bright.net)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 17:59:12 PDT


Marc,

I've done this type of stuff many times. The most effective way that
I've found is to wire a 12 volt battery in series with your circuit. If
you need more info on how to do this, I can give you more detailed info.

Simple example:

http://www.bright.net/~santoken/24v.jpg

Kent

Marc Strangfeld wrote:
>
> Does anybody have a good way to wire 12 volt trailer
> lights? I plan on towing a camper with the M35 and
> could use some advice. A thought was to replace the
> bulbs with 24 volt ones but the electric brakes are
> still an issue. Standard Ignition sells a $100 24 to
> 12 converter but it is only good for 4 amps. I really
> don't want to change the truck over and I want to do
> it right to avoid problems later. Any advice is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc Strangfeld
>



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