From: Larry Tighe (larryradio@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Jun 13 2004 - 07:06:44 PDT
All these vehicle lamps seem to have only one wire coming out for power.
That leads to ungrounding one side of the lamp and "floating" the socket, I
believe, for one of the two lamps.
Lar
www.antiquetelephone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Gatton" <jdgatton@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] 24V Halogen Light Source needed
> Here's one source for a 24V light.
>
> http://www.northerntool.com
> Item # 163466
> $29.99
>
> You also might check your local tractor/construction
> equipment dealer. NAPA might even be able to order
> you a 24V light.
>
> Do the big rigs run on 24V? If so, a truck stop would
> probably have them.
>
> In series, the current is the same anywhere in the
> circuit. The voltage is divided. If the 2 lamps had
> identical resistance, then they would drop equal
> amounts of voltage and be the same brightness.
>
> Jeff Gatton
>
>
>
> --- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > At 1:12 PM -0500 6/12/04, David Cole wrote:
> > >Bjorn,
> > >
> > >That works ok dividing up the voltage like that?
> > >I would think that if the lamps weren't exactly
> > >identical one would hog the power while
> > >depriving the other.
> >
> > It's all in series, so the voltage drop will be
> > the same no matter which side the hotter lamp is
> > on. The thing is, both lamps are of 12 volt spec
> > and they'll work just fine in that pattern.
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Ryan Gill
>
>
>
>
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