LP2A Carrier Radio Installation

[Ian Hall]

Thanks to Ron & Mike for your replies.

The Australian LP Carriers followed the Ford USA design with positive earth electrical systems. I do have a Chore Horse generator, but there is no indication in the manuals or stowage provision to carry the generator on the Carriers.

Ron - I see that your No. 11 set has two wires going to the power plug for 2 x 6V batteries, whereas mine has only a single wire to suit a 12V battery.

Mike - I did consider if the radio could be insulated from the hull, but the wiring in the radio is connected to the radio frame in many places and insulating the whole radio from the Carrier hull would give a 12V potential between the radio case and the Carrier hull which would be unsafe. I have the wooden battery box for a second 6V battery installed as per the manual and you could design a wiring harness with a two position plug and socket. Plugged in one way the 6V batteries would be in parallel for charging and the other way in series for radio operation, but this still does not solve the polarity problem.
Regards,
Ian