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Weighing some options here on a truck. I am considering getting a crew cab and would like to go to 24V starting. On a stock CUCV, there is that pesky relay under the dash. As most know, the truck uses 12V to energize a relay (doghead) that then connects and provides 24V. Is there any good reason that needs to be in the cab? For simplicities sake, I'd like to keep it under the hood. My thought is to mount that same type of relay under the hood to provide 24V for starting. To energize the relay I could just use the 12V wire that energized the 11V starter to energize this relay. Seems simple enough, have I missed something?