I am presuming the diode pack will work at 24 VDC. Since there are sold regulators that will enable an alternator to produce 110 VDC to operate drills, etc, I figured the diode pack will work at 24 VDC too.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > [Original Message] > From: Letsgosailing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/9/2008 5:11:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] (T&T: & TWL2:) Fw: & TWL2:) Re: 24V starter,12V house bank - Ugh! > > Norm, > That will not work, You need to rectify the ac to dc to charge the battery. > It is not only the regulator that is needed to make it work. > > Yanni Marinated > S/V Princess Thalia > Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 > www.yannismarine.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "A LiveAboardList" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] (T&T: & TWL2:) Fw: & TWL2:) Re: 24V starter,12V > house bank - Ugh! > > > > > > Any ordinary alternator will charge a 24 volt battery. As we all know, > > the > > output of an ordinary alternator is capable of very high voltages if > > un-regulated or unloaded. > > > > The simplest way is to bypass the internal regulator, if any, bringing out > > the field (rotor) supply feed and attach to a rheostat to manually control > > the output power. Hook the alternator to the 24 volt battery, crank up > > the > > engine, and adjust the field current to produce the desired output > > current. > > > > For automatic operation you could use a regulator that will work properly > > at 24 volts. Perhaps Ann-Marie can help here. > > > > Maybe you could modify a normal regulator to work by using two identical > > high resistance resistors in series across the 24 volt batteries as a > > voltage divider and attach the regulator voltage sensor across just one of > > the two resistors. Perhaps it would work by connecting the regulator > > across half of the 24 volt battery. Perhaps switching the half from time > > to time. > > > > > > > > Norm > > S/V Bandersnatch > > Lying Julington Creek FL > > 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Harold R. Brink, PE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2/7/2008 8:18:06 PM > >> Subject: (T&T: & TWL2:) Fw: & TWL2:) Re: 24V starter, 12V house bank - > > Ugh! > >> > >> > >> At Ann-Marie's Request: > >> > >> > "The alternator will be a Leece-Neville 12V. Ugh!!" > >> > > >> > L-N had a 12/24 volt alternator many years ago in a career far away. > > It > >> > was used on 24 volt start engines with 12 volt chassis. It was used > > when > >> > Mack got rid of the infamous series/parallel switch. > >> > > >> > Mack Trucks used them. Try a Mack dealer. Or a Cat "truck" dealer. > >> > > >> > No commercial connection. Just FYI. > >> > > >> > Harold > >> > >> > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or change your email from live to digest or web board > > only, please send a request to Andina at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> POST messages in an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> View the live board at http://www.yandina.com/TWL2 > >> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.19/1257 - Release Date: > > 03/02/2008 5:49 PM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
