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Unimog
12 Volt lights on a 24volt system
Sometimes its hard to find 24volt
lights for an old army truck. In my Unimog I often use 2 12 volt lights wired in
series. 12 volt lights are cheap and easy to find.
Here are some Hella 500s,
since they draw a fair amount of amperage, I didn't want to use a 12 volt tap off
of one battery or use an expensive 24 to 12 volt converter, so I wired them in
series.
I also did the same thing with
the added Brake lights.
(I still have the MOG brake lights but I added these for a little more light)
With the cover off, see how simple it is?
and even the license plate light.
I simply bought the 12 volt license plate light and an extra bulb, opened it up
and soldered in the second bulb with a series circuit, and presto, a 24volt
light! Works great!
This is the simple series circuit! This only works if both lights are exactly the same, if
you try using two completely different lights then one might be brighter than
the other, but as long as the lights are the same, this works great. You can
also use this circuit for your Unimog headlights if you want to use 12 volt
lights, but you will have to rewire them.
You can use several circuits like
this, one for driving lights, one for fog lights, one for brake lights, one for
backup lights, and more...
Good luck!
Story
of the stolen Unimog
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