Does anyone know how to understand the codes on multi v belts?
Just bought a 57 plate daf lf45 with the paccar 4.5 engine in it, Its got aircon, At the time i thoght this was great, But just realised it might prevent me from fitting a second alternator. As i need to charge leisure batterys (big camper conversion )
I need to try find an Even longer multi v belt, As there isnt a take off from the front to run a second belt (i.e a v belt)
The current belt, runs from the bottom pulley, to the fan drive, then to the alternator and the aircon pump (aircon is ice cold and lovely so don't want to lose it)
Btw, The whole cause of this, Is i need to charge 2 12v batterys, to get some decent amps to power effectively a mobile House rather than the usual mobile home, So it needs to be 12v as most camping supplies are 12v 3 way items. problem is , the truck is 24v starters, and i don't want to kill those batterys by jumping off the middle of them to charge the leisure batterys.... This is bad form as it tends to kill one battery faster than the other, The alternator will try to compensate for this, And then kill the other in the process...
I cant do the usual trick of plugging it in before leaving, as we are expecting to use it abroad, and possibly wildcamp in it quite a bit. So it needs to be off-grid.
Any help greatly appriciated.
Just bought a 57 plate daf lf45 with the paccar 4.5 engine in it, Its got aircon, At the time i thoght this was great, But just realised it might prevent me from fitting a second alternator. As i need to charge leisure batterys (big camper conversion )
I need to try find an Even longer multi v belt, As there isnt a take off from the front to run a second belt (i.e a v belt)
The current belt, runs from the bottom pulley, to the fan drive, then to the alternator and the aircon pump (aircon is ice cold and lovely so don't want to lose it)
Btw, The whole cause of this, Is i need to charge 2 12v batterys, to get some decent amps to power effectively a mobile House rather than the usual mobile home, So it needs to be 12v as most camping supplies are 12v 3 way items. problem is , the truck is 24v starters, and i don't want to kill those batterys by jumping off the middle of them to charge the leisure batterys.... This is bad form as it tends to kill one battery faster than the other, The alternator will try to compensate for this, And then kill the other in the process...
I cant do the usual trick of plugging it in before leaving, as we are expecting to use it abroad, and possibly wildcamp in it quite a bit. So it needs to be off-grid.
Any help greatly appriciated.