why is there a 24 volt system for the military rigs? what about the military requires 24 volts instead of the common 12?
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Camaronate
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The only thing I can come up with is for standardization. From what I have seen a lot of other military equipment uses a 24v system. I imagine it would take some time to get a dead 24v battery system good enough to start with a 12v jump vehicle. Probably have to do one battery at a time on the dead vehicle and hope it starts.
Nate
Nate
All military radio's are 24V, plus the NATO jumper cable system is 24V. They wanted the CUCV to be compatible with all the other military vehicles.
gotchya. is 12V not a general standard around the world these days? why would NATO be 24V?
I'm not familiar with why the NATO standards are what they are, but I do know the USA was a major part of it.
Muddytazz
1 ton status
24v along with the metric system has been the world standard for a very long time. The usa has to be the odd one for the civi stuff.
A lot of aircraft are 24 volt on the DC side. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.
Yes
24v starters work a lot better for turning over BEEG heavy diesel engines like much of the military runs.
gotchya. so why would anyone want to convert to 12 volt if you get so much better cranking speed with a 24?
Cost and availability of parts is one of the biggest reasons... especially when a 6.2L starts just as easy on 12V as it does 24V.
What he said.
Instead of doing the smart thing and making a 24v system that utilized regular GM 12v components they used special stuff. Sooooo...20+ years later I've got two good 12v alternators and a 24v starter...none of which are common.
I can convert it to 12v for less than it would cost me to replace the 24v starter with another with a warranty.
Instead of doing the smart thing and making a 24v system that utilized regular GM 12v components they used special stuff. Sooooo...20+ years later I've got two good 12v alternators and a 24v starter...none of which are common.
I can convert it to 12v for less than it would cost me to replace the 24v starter with another with a warranty.
uao85
1/2 ton status
x2. 12v 6.2 starter is less than $100. While a 24v starter for a 6.2 is $300+
Remington
There's a few places selling NOS military 24v 6.2 starters for in the $200's but then again you can get a 12v gear reduction 6.5L starter for under $200 without trying hard at all.
fixed it for you
Guess I haven't been looking around enough. Just perused the locals once really.
I picked up my last brand new one off of ebay for under $100 shipped.
With a warranty?
It had a warranty, but I don't remember what it was off the top of my head.
Having bought a bad starter in the past I kinda like a local warranty.
