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Alright, I have a 24volt air compressor that I want to mount in my 04 F350 Crew Cab. It has a 6.0l turbo diesel so it has two batteries, of course they are wired to produce only 12volts.
Is there a way to use the existing systems batteries without a total conversion to 24v?
I am good mechanically, and fair electronically speaking. May need a little walking through though.
You would need to disconnect the parallel battery arrangement and re-configure the batteries in series so you have 24 volts just to run the compressor.
Probably not very practical, but perhaps, someone else has some ideas...
I doubt it will work. If 10 amps is enough, it's not much of a compressor. Depending on what you have, you may be better off getting another type motor for the compressor. Those little plastic compressors that you can get to blow your tires up in a emergency pull 10 amps or better at 12v.
Sure but 10A is next to NOTHING, and at $95 might as well buy a 24V alternator. The only thing that is good for is to charge a 24V battery that is only used on occasion.