Why not 24 volt??

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Ok so I am an oilfield mechanic and in my line of work I come into contact with 24 volt alts off of large industrial engines all the time. So I got to thinking, with the availability of 24 volt alts and the ease of wiring 2 12 volt bats to 24 volt why have amp manufactures not done 24 volt amps?? It just seems logical to add a 2nd alt isolated system @ 24 volts. Some of these alts are 600 amps . My second thought was that since there are no amps (that I know of) that will take 24v why not build a really tough external regulator that you could run at 18v or 16v is this possible??

Surley some one has thought of this. I have a pile of them at work and have been trying to come up with a use for them.. Any help on this would be awsome it's just a shame to send these 500 and 600 amp alts to the scrap yard.

Helll ill give a few of them to anybody that can solve this problem.

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[1stgen]

Check out taramps high voltage amps

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

dls, make a few 24v amps.... look into them

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Wow was not aware of these anybody ever tried a 24v setup??

 

[CaptainMaximus 10+ year member]

I wasn't aware of this either.....

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Wow there are actually several 24 v amps out there helix even makes a 24v 4 channle .. Hmm got me thinking

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Talk about solid electrical 2 of the 600 amp 24v alts I came accross with 4 tractor batts wired to 24 would be a helluva setup

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Well it seems there are plenty of 24 volt amps out there but I cannot seem to find anything above 2kw. Helll even Pyle make them lol

 

[8thGenSI 10+ year member]

I have a few 48 volt Deka forklift batteries, they only weigh about 2800 pounds each //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

The cool thing about running at 24V is you don't need as much amperage (wattage = voltage x amperage)... 600A at 24V would be a helluva reserve! Equiv to about 1000A on a typical "12V" setup. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

^^^^exactly what I was thinking only problem is the amp selection is sparse at best. I am currently working with a friend of mine who is an electrical engineer to make a stand alone voltage regulator that will have a potentiometer so you can actually dial in your voltage.

The plan is to regulate the voltage down to 18v which of course opens up amp selection tremendously.

I am not a electrical engineer but this thing will have to be fool proof before I trust any of my equipment to is lol.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

That is a good idea also. There's a lot more amps that will run at 16 or 18V.. It would be a relatively easy circuit to build, but you will need some serious transistors or rheostats depending on how the circuit is designed.

 

[bumpasauras 10+ year member]

Having trouble keeping the transistors happy and the potentiometer is being problematic still workin on it

 

[argenis69 10+ year member]

This sounds very interesting.

 

[Spl4200]

Like to see how this works out for you.. im tuned in!!