From: bobbyjoe@chartertn.net
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 11:15:02 PST
also with the 6TL you will have a longer crank time. If you a hard to start
truck or a gasser that floods easy, the larger battery will crank a LONG
time.
Bobby Pendleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronzo" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] need answer for battery issue
> The US Gov't chose the 6TL as a standard for 90 percent of the MV's it had
> in inventory only to simplify the logistics chain. The 6TL has thicker
> plates than most batteries, only because the gubbamint had to think of a
> worse case operating scenario. If ya loose a plate due to vibration on a
K
> Mart battery and it goes Tango Uniform at a bad time, you're only
> inconvenienced, versus dead with destroyed equipment and troops/cargo in a
> tactical ( pitched battle/bugout) scenario. The old 'For the want of a
> nail,....' scenario.
> You can find much higher CCA's on commercial batteries with smaller
> sizes than 6TL's, there are just tradeoffs.
>
>
>
> Here are a bunch of links I accumulated while replacing batteries on
the
> M35 and M1010.
>
> First, the Mother Of All Battery links pertaining to mil batteries,
> TM 9-6140-200-14, OPERATOR'S, UNIT,
> DIRECT SUPPORT AND GENERAL SUPPORT
> MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR
> LEAD-ACID STORAGE BATTERIES
> at ETM online. 132 pages, about a 1 MB download. Basically the
> 'Everything you ever wanted to know (or didn't) about the care and feeding
> of military batteries for tactical equipment.'
>
> Go here:
> http://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/find_etm.cfm
>
>
> Enter this number in the PIN box 034044
>
>
> Scroll to the bottom of this link for quick 6TL spec...
>
> http://www.battery-usa.com/superior3.htm
>
> Another good one is the East Penn Company who makes Deka batteries.
This
> link is their products page which has a link to their Ordnance products
pdf
> download link and a battery care pdf.
> http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/products/index.html
>
> And a bunch of others:
>
> http://www.dscr.dla.mil/PRODUCTS/bcicvc/cat3.htm
>
> http://www.tbympl.com/body_batteries1.html
>
> http://www.douglasbattery.com/PDFs/31_Fleet_Series_Complete_Brochure.pdf
>
> http://www.interstatebatteryofdet.com/Commercial_Specs.htm
>
> http://www.optimabatteries.com/contactUs.asp
>
> http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/
>
> http://www.odysseyfactory.com/
>
> Wal Mart makes good, cheap batteries, Optima makes slick, expensive
> ones....
>
> It's all in what ya want to spend, more than what you really need.
>
> Happy Surfing
>
> Bonzo III
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: "Mark B. Anderson" <mark@aasurplus.ca>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:03 PM
> Subject: [MV] need answer for battery issue
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Ok My m-220 needs 2 6TL batteries. Can I just buy any standard battery
to
> > replace this or do I need a 6TL if I need the 6TL's were in Canada can
you
> > buy them.
> > what's the cold cracking power? any help here would be great. Also I'm
> going
> > to drain fuel were can I get fuel filters in Canada?
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
> > Mark Anderson
>
>
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