i have several 24V related questions. I am the new owner of an HJ61, and totally new to 24V so forgive me. I also know that bits and pieces of the info have been posted in other small threads but nothing seems to give a good "explain like im five years old" level explanation of several things. I know very little about electricals in general and the most complex thing ive done is a kill switch on another vehicle so im not even very familiar with alot of the terminology.
I am aware of what 24V is and what it means but i am trying to make my rig have the usual accessories (lights, aftermarket head unit, winch, etc.). The following is my plan and some questions and i would appreciate as much help/corrections as possible:
To make accessories easy, I am planning on installing a 24V-12V equalizer, which should help keep both batteries balanced as well as provide an outlet for 12V power i think. From the equalizer I will run a relay and then to a waterproof fuse block and place it somewhere up high in the engine bay. To this fuse block I will wire any accessories. I should be able to run lights, winch, etc all off the fuse block as far as I know, with the ability to run multiple items simultaneously. I think the wire running from the equalizer to the fuse block will need to be large in order to support this? I thought about also trying to get just the winch to still run on 24V but that seems like that would add alot of headache for relatively small performance gain.
Additionally, the head unit as far as im aware is 24V. New touchscreen one would be 12V. So i need a way to separately get 12V constant draw to it so it can retain memory. Would I simply tap into the 12V output line coming from the equalizer? maybe through another relay with a constant prong? not sure how to do all the 12V accessories plus the head unit since the fuse block would not be getting power while the truck is off.
Also, i would like to upgrade headlights, dome lights, etc. with LEDs. But again, everything is the 24V version so i am not sure of any sources of 24V LED dome light bulbs for example that i can drop into the stock dome lights and same thing for headlights/tail lights. But i am open to sources for these if anyone has any that arent from an ancient thread with a non-existent source.
Should i just convert to 12V? I know that can be a PITA but at this point i need to add so many 12V things and track down so many special 24V things that i think it may be worth it to just convert the whole truck to 12V so i can just run everything but still have my good old 12HT. Plus since i already have two batteries for the 24V system i would instantly gain a true dual battery setup by converting to 12V and separating the two batteries in a 12V system and then proceeding as you would for any dual battery US-spec setup.
I am clearly out of my league here a bit. Im probably wrong about or missing several things. please help me.
I am aware of what 24V is and what it means but i am trying to make my rig have the usual accessories (lights, aftermarket head unit, winch, etc.). The following is my plan and some questions and i would appreciate as much help/corrections as possible:
To make accessories easy, I am planning on installing a 24V-12V equalizer, which should help keep both batteries balanced as well as provide an outlet for 12V power i think. From the equalizer I will run a relay and then to a waterproof fuse block and place it somewhere up high in the engine bay. To this fuse block I will wire any accessories. I should be able to run lights, winch, etc all off the fuse block as far as I know, with the ability to run multiple items simultaneously. I think the wire running from the equalizer to the fuse block will need to be large in order to support this? I thought about also trying to get just the winch to still run on 24V but that seems like that would add alot of headache for relatively small performance gain.
Additionally, the head unit as far as im aware is 24V. New touchscreen one would be 12V. So i need a way to separately get 12V constant draw to it so it can retain memory. Would I simply tap into the 12V output line coming from the equalizer? maybe through another relay with a constant prong? not sure how to do all the 12V accessories plus the head unit since the fuse block would not be getting power while the truck is off.
Also, i would like to upgrade headlights, dome lights, etc. with LEDs. But again, everything is the 24V version so i am not sure of any sources of 24V LED dome light bulbs for example that i can drop into the stock dome lights and same thing for headlights/tail lights. But i am open to sources for these if anyone has any that arent from an ancient thread with a non-existent source.
Should i just convert to 12V? I know that can be a PITA but at this point i need to add so many 12V things and track down so many special 24V things that i think it may be worth it to just convert the whole truck to 12V so i can just run everything but still have my good old 12HT. Plus since i already have two batteries for the 24V system i would instantly gain a true dual battery setup by converting to 12V and separating the two batteries in a 12V system and then proceeding as you would for any dual battery US-spec setup.
I am clearly out of my league here a bit. Im probably wrong about or missing several things. please help me.
