Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

24volt to 12volt converter question

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by tonyhatchetman, Oct 6, 2012.

  1. Oct 6, 2012 #1
    tonyhatchetman

    tonyhatchetman Bobtail Member

    9
    0
    Sep 9, 2008
    tx
    0
    Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone can confirm or knew if I had one of these and hooked it to 12votl it would drop to 6 volt ? Or would it hold the voltage as close to 12 as it could ?
     
    tonyhatchetman, Oct 6, 2012
    tonyhatchetman, Oct 6, 2012
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Oct 6, 2012 #2
    snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

    20,545
    13,280
    Jul 6, 2009
    0
    why are you trying to drop to 6 volts? and where does 24 volts come into the question?

    you need a transformer.
     
    snowwy, Oct 6, 2012
    snowwy, Oct 6, 2012
    #2
  4. Oct 6, 2012 #3
    tonyhatchetman

    tonyhatchetman Bobtail Member

    9
    0
    Sep 9, 2008
    tx
    0
    I am wanting charge a 6 volt battery with my 12volt system , the converters ive found are 24v in and 12v out can't find a 12in 6 out so that's why I want to know if putting 12 in a 24 v unit will still cut the voltage in half .
     
    tonyhatchetman, Oct 6, 2012
    tonyhatchetman, Oct 6, 2012
    #3
  5. Oct 6, 2012 #4
    CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

    19,726
    18,734
    Apr 18, 2010
    Tennessee
    0
    No it won't cut it in half.

    Do you have an inverter. If you do I would buy this maintainer charger for 12V or 6V. It uses less than 200 watts at 1.5 amps.

    I use it to maintain my boat and riding mower batteries in the winter. It works great. It's real small too.

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schumacher-XM1-5-Maintainer-1.5-Amp/15140193

    This one is even smaller for 6V... uses about 120 watts

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schumache...rger-with-Wall-Plug/15167359?findingMethod=rr


    Remember charging requires ventilation. I wouldn't be doing it inside the truck.
     
    CondoCruiser, Oct 6, 2012
    CondoCruiser, Oct 6, 2012
    #4
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.