Posted by Todd Somers on Monday, July 05, 2004 at 8:34PM :
In Reply to: why 24 volt posted by Steve Pellock on Monday, July 05, 2004 at 3:26PM :
24 volts is required to start large diesel engines. 12 volts just won't handle it and the starter motor would be very large. Some large diesel starters use 12,000 watts of energy. So the smaller engines are made 24 volt for standardization.
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