Re: [MV] Charging voltage for a Mutt?

From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Feb 08 2005 - 11:08:20 PST


27.6 to 28.4 Vdc

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Closson" <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:57 PM
Subject: [MV] Charging voltage for a Mutt?

> Gentlemen,
> What is the correct, exact voltage the 24V alternator is supposed set to
in
> an A2 Mutt?
>
> I just put two NOS 2HN batteries in mine and I don't want to cook them.
>
> With the current setting (?), sometimes the batteries would "boil over"
and
> I'd find white crusty stuff by the caps, a white stain down the side of
the
> battery and white stains on the floor of the garage.
>
> I want to adjust the alternator with a digital meter and not go by the
gauge
> on the dash.
>
> Also, I measured the quiescent (stand-by) current and it's 1.1mA.
>
> Thanks!!!!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Glen
>
>
>
>
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