You are correct. Sorry, missed that one. On Mar 18, 2013 12:33 PM, "Rick Beebe" <r...@beebe.org> wrote:
> On 03/16/2013 01:42 PM, Marcus Reddish wrote: > > Dodge and others used 12V from 1914 till 1926 when they changed to 6V. > > > > The WWII Willys MB military jeep was 24V. It had two 12V batteries in > > series. So, yes, 12V batteries were definitely used and mass-produced > > during and well before the 40's. I would guess many large trucks and > > diesels were using 12v and 24V starting throughout the 30's > > The Willys MB was 6V. They switched to 24V for the M38 in 1950. That said, > I don't doubt your statement about 24V being used back then for other > vehicles. The MB was under strict weight restrictions and probably would > have come over weight with 300lbs of batteries in it. > > I have read that the 1947 prototype for the Tucker used 24V. WWII fighters > often used 24V. > > --Rick > > ______________________________**_________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: > http://www.evdl.org/help/**index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> > http://lists.evdl.org/**listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/* > *group/NEDRA <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA>) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130318/6aa206ef/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
