Re: [MV] M1010 Electrical MWO PART 2

From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 13:40:48 PDT


Can you try switching the batteries and see if there is a week one among
them? Fred Martin

Ronzo wrote:
> Additional......
>
> Also, the 24 volt Solargizer is placed across the two batteries. This would
> not solve the problem. The Duvac mod was to cure the front battery not being
> charged enough, causing the front battery being replaced more frequently
> than the back one. The original system was supposedly set up for the Upper
> Alternator to charge the front battery and the Lower Alternator to charge
> both .
> The Duvac mod causes the Upper Alternator to be disconnected (?) while
> the Lower one takes over total charging of the system with the Duvac taking
> the output of the Lower Alternator and feeding 12 volts to the front
> battery and 24 across both, providing for the 12 volts for the rear one....
>
> What I am trying to find out is why the front battery discharges more
> rapidly than the back one....all loads appear to be feed from the 24 volt
> bus strip.
> I've checked the archives to see if this explanation has been posted
> before with no joy.
>
> Ronzo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stu Ellis" <stuellis@attbi.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M1010 Electrical MWO
>
>
>
>>Why don't you just put 24v solargizer on it? I put them on my 2 MV's and
>>they work great. Bought mine on Ebay.
>>
>
>
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