From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 16:30:48 PDT
And buy some of them thar Solargizer do-hicky things can't say enoght good
things 'bout them. Wayne-Bob
>From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Remote Generator Start
>Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:24:03 -0400
>
>At 11:09 PM +0100 6/28/05, Adrian Rees \(M1LCR\) wrote:
> >Hi all
> >I have a Russian GAZ 66 / R142 Radio Vehicle (well two of them) and have
> >fired up the Generators on them, as I have just figured out the Remote
>Start
> >/ Stop controllers.
> >
> >Question is this:
> >They have each got 4 x 6V 80AH Lead Acid batteries in them,(in a series /
> >parellal arrangement giving two 12V banks) which are now showing about
>2V,
> >in charge. As such the Generator won't charge because the coils aren't
> >energised. Someone told me to put a 12V Battery momentarily accross one
>of
> >the existing banks to energise the coils, and get them charging.
>
>Since they've lost their charge, I'd go ahead and pull the batteries.
>Series batteries can get messed up (burned out) by being out of sync with
>their mate in the series. Best thing to do is to charge them up
>individually, check their electrolyte levels and recheck the charge, then
>put them back into service.
>
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