Help with making a 24V tag light

[Lonesome7.3]

We were able to tag and insure my old deuce. I used an old bracket from god only knows where that I think my dad had lying around long before I had it lying around. So now the challenge is I have to install a tag light. I would really like to avoid a citation. Because money is so tight I would like to use something I have lying around and make my own 24V light. I have plenty of stuff to use if I could install a 12V. So does anybody have any ideas, thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Goofyexponent]

I am not 100%, but when you find out let me know if it will work the same with a 12V fuel pump on a 24V system lol

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Um, okay...?

 

[Captain Morgan]

Lonesome,
you should be able to get a 24v volt bulb pretty cheap at the parts house,
here is a site that has lights for your application http://www.saturnsurplus.com/lights/lights.htm.

On the other hand if you want to do it for free, move the tag under that LT/Brake light,
Drill out a hole in the bottom of the light and there you go!

 

[Agnem]

You could just use two 12V bulbs for your tag light, wired in series. You will have to find a light that has two wires, and does not rely on its mounting for a ground. A very cheap way to go would be to (now that Christmas is over) use a string of clear or white Christmas lights. Count the number of bulbs on the strand, divide 120 by that number, and that tells you the voltage each bulb uses. For instance a 50 light strand, is using bulbs that run on 2.4 volts each. To use up your 24 volts, just take 24 and divide by 2.4, which gives you 10. So you would cut 10 bulbs out of the strand (make two cuts, one on each side of the string of 10), bundle them up, put them in a regular lamp case, and walla... A very merry tag light.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

That link has some col stuff. I was going to do just like you suggested and install the tag under the tail light. But it looked as though it would hang in a bad spot and be prone to damage.

Do not htink I will not try the Christmas light idea. I would do it just to see what it looks like.

I think I have a solution. I have a few things I have to dig out first though.

 

[spg]

What about using a 12 volt light with a resistor inline to cut the voltage to the light?

 

[Agnem]

That could be done, but the resistor is going to get pretty hot and will have to be a high wattage unit.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

That would be nice becuase then I could use the bulbs and light assemblies I already have. But, that also means I have to purchase the resistor.

 

[Brimmstone]

gimme a bulb number of a light you have and I'll compare it to the 24 volt bulbs we use on the buses at work. I believe an 1836 should do the job just off the top of my head

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Oh man, I will have to dig them out now. If you can get lights from busses we need to talk. I want some amber lights for this truck.

 

[Brimmstone]

Let me know what you have or need and I'll look through my spare parts at the yard.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

With out going out thare now and looking, I can tell you I would like to install some amber cab lights on this deuce.

 

[Brimmstone]

I can definitely hook you up with the 28 volt peanut bulbs but I'm not sure about having any actual lights for on top of the cab.

 

[Freight_Train]

Check the factory bulbs in the tail lights and see if any will fit the holder.