travis.brewer

Hey guys just acquired some truck-lite 7" LED O.R. lights and was wondering if theres a way to run a stand alone 24 volt system for them in my Jeep? prolly sounds stupid but ive been running these lights on our trucks here in iraq for a year and these things light up the night better than any light ive ever used. im tracking its gonna have to be a dual battery setup but my questions are with charging and not frying everything in my jeep! so if theres any wise men out there that have any ideas id greatly appreciate them. if its a lost cause let me know.

thanks

OTB641

You will have to run 2 12V batteries in series (24V total) for the light. The trick is that the jeep needs 12V. If you wire the jeep for 24v, you will fry most of the electronics including the alternator.

OTB641

Sorry , forgot the rest of my thought. Two batteries running parallel for the jeep and then a separate independent wiring for the lights placing the same batteries in series.
I have done the opposite set up before. Using a 36v system to power 12v lights.

Noxian

Yup that would work, as long as you never hook up the rest of the Jeeps system to the batteries hooked in series by mistake.

or you could get a 12volt to 24volt converter like these
http://w ww.powerstream.com/dc24.htm

JeeP_MarK

some led product for heavy equipment and trucks are duel voltage even if there not listed hook it up to 12 volt battery to see if they turn on , ether they turn on or don't you won't hurt anything having less voltage . light manufactures do this to keep cost down having 1 board that works on both 12-24 volt systems. Let us know how it turns out ?

travis.brewer

thanks for the input guys ill let yall know how turns out when i get home!

JK-Ford

High voltage systems are the better way to go. But you have to make room for the extra battery.

w squared

As another poster suggested, a second battery that's wired in parallel with your existing battery would probably be the way to go. You could then run a separate circuit that runs the two batteries in series, and provides 24 volts to a headlamp circuit that is controlled by a 12 volt relay, triggered by your stock headlight circuit.

I've got a similar relay setup for my Hella headlights - but they are 12 volt, so the "separate" circuit simply pulls power straight from the battery.

Mike Davis

There are dc to dc converters available. Some for as low as $100. Search for 12vdc to 24vdc converters and you'll get many hits. Just be sure you know the total wattage/amperage needed to run the new lights. Let us know what you finally did and how they worked.

JK-Ford

adding an additional battery would be more reasonable?