6volt horn ?

Can I use a 6volt horn with a 12volt system?
Thanks in advance

 

Yes, you can. It makes the horn much louder! Horns, if in good shape, will last just as forever as any one you've ever had too.

 

Just be careful. Blowing the horn and startling a friend can become habit forming and ruffle some feathers.

 

Be carefull if using one from a 6V positive ground system. When hooking it up to 12V Negitive ground.... it will ****. Not blow.

 

Yes

 

It will work till it doesn't!! and they are not polarity sensitive.

 

Was wondering about wiring this situation up. I just became the proud owner of a 52 ford customline that has been very well rewired for 12v. The horns are wired to a relay and then to a 20 amp inline fuse before being hooked to the battery , they will "honk" (and very loud, mind you) about two times and then blow the 20 amp fuse. Should I up the amps on the fuse? Not interested in any wire melt downs, thought I would ask. TIA for any input.

 

Shouldn't the fuse be before the relay? I thought the full power to the relay was along the main route in the power supply?

 

That's funny!

 

I still have the 6v horns in my 54 Bel Air that is converted to 12v system. Yea they work and they're damn near train horn loud! Got a few of my friends to wack their heads on my hood with those things! They didn't find it as funny as I did.

 

kinda like Farts, Funny when you do it,, not so funny, from yer friend !!!!

 

if there's 2 6v horns, they can be wired in series if you're concerned about too much voltage

 

Adding a 6volt horn;to use when I wanna.
Do I need a horn relay?Not sure best way to wire it up with a separate switch under dash
Thanks

 

if 12 vols is ok how about 24 volts??

 

A very good idea, considering that one horn will draw twice as much current with 12 Volts. Two in series will be same as the old 6 volt current.

And since one draws 2x current, is your wiring good enough? And don't forget that little guy called an ammeter. It might just get pinned with one 6 volt horn and 12 volts.

Fuse is usually before the relay, as the relay borrows the power pin for relay contacts that feed the horn. Again the fuse will be twice as big in value if only using one horn.

 

I have two 6 volts horns on the boss lady's "Ranch Wagon",,don't two 6 volts hours equal one 12 Volt? HRP

 

A kid a few years behind me in school had a nice 1954 210 two door sedan that he and his dad converted to 12V. Damn loud horns.

They forgot about the radio and it was loud for a second and then real smoky.

 

I also have 2 6volt horns wired to a 12 volt system!
No Problem works Great!
Just my 3.5 cents

 

Wow. I didn't even have to type in the search box today! This is basically the exact reason I just got on the site. I was just *****ing this morning that the horn in my ever-so-slightly ot '68 daily driver is **** compared to the horns in my 6 volt cars. Now I gotta buy a horn or two and hook them up.
Anybody know what the difference is- different operation or just that old horns were louder/better sounding?

 

What if I have dual six volt horns on a six volt system and an extra 6 to 12 volt booster laying around doing nothing but collecting dust?!?!?!? Is there any way I can make that work, Louder horns are always better!!!

 

D2 willys is right.....the horn resistance is low enough to draw 2X the amps. So, if the horn took 20 amps at 6 volts, it takes 40 amps at 12 volts....that's why it is loud and why the fuse will blow. Horns are pretty cheap, why not change to a 12 volt model? You could add a resistor in series but I am not sure how many watts it would need to dissipate....since it is an intermittent device.

 

And how does this work, I apologize, I am no where near electrically savvy.... or will it with a booster. I am bored and have time to kill, would love to have stupidly loud horns though...

 

On the 48 stude I just did I built an insulated mount from 1/2" lexan for the first horn, ran the ground side of that horn to the hot side of the second horn, grounded by it's stock mount, making it series. Sounds just like it did on 6 V, which is still plenty loud.

 

I have an older Willys 6 volt horn that I need rebuilt, anyone know where I can get this repaired? Cost?

 

I have a 6volt horn that I want to use. How would I wire it with a switch under the dash? Would I need to get a horn relay OR???

 

cheap and easy? Interrupt your power wire with a push ****on. Push ****on = horn blowing. Just like hooking it straight up to a battery

 

no horn relay?,it will work ok with just the switch,Kool

 

Better get a high current switch, greater than 20 amp contacts.

The horn relay is a better idea, as you can use a very small switch to trigger the horn relay. And it takes one wire from the switch to the horn relay. The other side of the switch is simply grounded, just like the horn contacts in the steering column does.

 

what type of horn relay do I look for?

 

Look for a Chevy 3 terminal 12 volt type, something from 55 to 1979 should do. Get a wiring diagram off of oldcarproject.com and follow that.