Outer Limits 4x4 Board

ok ive search and looked up the bible but there is nothing specific to getting power to the relay from battery in a 24v system i have 24v bulbs and relay but people say its bad to pull power of one battery which would only be 12v so does anyone know were to pull the power from cheers

in a 24V system, you have a common link between the 2 batteries.. look for the battery that has got its -ve connected to the other batteries +ve, this is like the main battery.. with this battery (batt 1 - main), get power fromt he +ve & ground to chassis (batt 2 is the battery grounded to chassis)..

it may seem confusing, but I can probably draw up something later

if you could robbie that what be great and if you could put on it where to tap power for spotties relay that would be tops cheers mate

its probably best to run 2 5 pin (2 x 87) relays for 4 spoties..

will do something up tomorrow night, just reading trading post atm

is it on a MQ patrol, if it is, the battery on the passenger side is where you wana get the 24 V from. it should be the rear terminal, but you can check because the other terminal will be connected to the other battery.....

robbie wrote:its probably best to run 2 5 pin (2 x 87) relays for 4 spoties..

will do something up tomorrow night, just reading trading post atm

no prob the trady comes first in my world also but at the moment i only want to run 2 spot on the bar (maybe more later)
i know i wrote 4 in the title but that was like for just rushing sorry

doing it up now.. will have it uploaded in about 30 mins..

here it is.. it is a basic diagram, not all detail & info there, but you can get the idea..

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i have a 24v relay that iam going to use and each light 24v bulbs so i should be able to go off the diagram thanks robbie but is this classed as using one battery if you come off the same side as the wire to the start if this is the case how do get around not using just the one battery



god i wish i had a 12v system

Sorry once again to all the above posts, yes you can then use the diagram illistrated then, you are not actully coming off one battery, if you were then you would tap the negative from the negative of one battery and the positive from the same battery, basicly in robs diagram you are comming of both the bateries in series, this is ok. I will remove my previous post as it is probably misleading to the thread

Dave

muduppig wrote:i have a 24v relay that iam going to use and each light 24v bulbs so i should be able to go off the diagram thanks robbie but is this classed as using one battery if you come off the same side as the wire to the start if this is the case how do get around not using just the one battery



god i wish i had a 12v system

if you follow that diagram youll be right, and 24 V is better than 12 V dude, less current draw. just you gotta be a bit cluey, but all the help you need is right here.

cool thanks to all for answers it looks like i will be seeing a bit better at nite

maybe this could be moved to the bible for future reference


cheers again

hope it works out for you..

I know I will be using that same diagram / loom in a few weeks to wire up my own spot lights.

btw, where did you get the 24V relay? how many amps is it rated for?

i got it from qld diesel spares but its a narva brand and has 30/20amp written on it and its a 5 pin with to 87 pins you said about also has a diode part no.68056BL

thanks, will need to get a few of those myself..