Towing 12V chipper with 24V truck

[Perkins]

Found THIS on eBay, but has anybody got any better advice please?

[difflock]

How voltage sensititive are LED's?

Or simply fit 24V bulbs.

But I gather sometimes towed by a 12V veh

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PS

See

http://www.strictlyleds.co.uk/155-12v-24v-20-watt-led-floodlight-ip65-rated-work-light.html

Or has this light perhaps got built in electronic control gear to throttle the voltage down to 12 V

Edited July 14, 2014 by difflock

[aspenarb]

Found THIS on eBay, but has anybody got any better advice please?

 

 

Just fit the dual voltage jobs on the chipper.(PAIR) LED REAR TRAILER TAIL LIGHTS LAMPS TRACTOR TRUCK TRIKE 4X4 VAN 12/24 VOLT | eBay

 

Good for both then.

 

Bob

[Peter]

Options are:

 

Fit 24 v bulbs to trailer

 

Fit voltage dropper to lorry, not that simple btw.

 

You can fit led lights/ bulbs and most of them do work at 12 or 24 v but whatever you do you need a visual or audible indicator in the cab to tell you the trailers there when you use the indicators. That is a problem with the leds because they draw so little current they often don't trigger the warning light, so you have to fit a resistor, which are either 12 or 24 volt......

 

 

 

 

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[karl]

we had a tw150 on the back of a 7.5 ton Iveco quite often .

just change the bulbs approx. £4 against the cost of that..........hmmm

[spandit]

Once you've changed the bulbs for 24V they will just look a bit dim on 12V but still work. Dual voltage LEDs are probably the way forward, though

[madbopper]

we had a tw150 on the back of a 7.5 ton Iveco quite often .

just change the bulbs approx. £4 against the cost of that..........hmmm

 

If you had used the led ones Karl maybe stobarts would have seen you stopped in front of them.

[karl]

If you had used the led ones Karl maybe stobarts would have seen you stopped in front of them.

 

do you know....you might have something there:001_tt2:

[Perkins]

thanks everyone that's interesting.

 

I do tow the chipper with a 12V vehicle some of the time, so didn't want to swap bulbs for 24V, although I might give it a try and see how dim they are.

 

dual voltage leds I suppose would be option 2.

[CallumA]

Don't run 24V bulbs on 12V system as if Stobarts run up your arse and the police investigate you may be held liable. Just fit LED Dual voltage lights. (Its high time they were standard on trailers)