Re: TRAILERS --

From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2006 - 20:33:24 PST


If Pat is able to be be conned into buying your lunches, you could
probalbly get your trailer light work done too.

Patrick Jankowiak

Thomas M McHugh wrote:

> Vinnie,
>
> As long as Pat ALWAYS BUYS lunch, let him think he is in charge.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "V SCHWARTZ" <vsaws@optonline.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>
>
>> I have to agree with Gene, We have a 10Ton Eager Beaver trailer that
>> we pull behind either the duce or the wrecker ( which ever is running
>> at the time) and all we did was change the bulbs to 28V and make the
>> Mil. Cable connection. It works fine, and Pat now thinks he is a
>> Genious. I just drive .Vinny
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] TRAILERS --
>>>
>>>
>>> At 9:58 AM -0700 3/3/06, SGM PANTANO wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey...wake up.. There is no such thing as a 24 volt or a 12 volt
>>>> trailer..
>>>> The light receptacles in the Military tail lights could care less
>>>> what bulb
>>>> is in there..
>>>
>>>
>>> But the wiring could. 24 volt wires could be
>>> sized smaller, try to run the same wattage bulb
>>> at 12 volts and you could fry your wires. Check
>>> the wire harness first!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Twelve gauge copper wire has an ampacity of 41 in open air (single
>>> insulated
>>> conductor) and an ampacity of 23 in a harness. For 14 gauge wire, the
>>> ratings are 32 amps and 17 amps, respectively. It would take a lot
>>> of lamps
>>> to reach those limits. In addition, there are fuses which are
>>> designed to
>>> fry before the wires do.
>>>
>>> Arthur P. Bloom
>>>
>>>
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