From: MISTYMTN (mistymtn@gwtc.net)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2006 - 11:36:46 PST
Hello -- I've been informed the military alternator
will draw current even while sitting.
I've been advised to get a "battery disconnect"
& mount on batts to eliminate this draw.
Take care -- CRC
----- Original Message -----
> Hi Stu,
From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
> If I am understanding this correctly, you have charged the battery and
> then removed the
> charger(although this is not necessary, since you will still get the same
> symptoms). Now you are trying to attach the neg cable to the battery and
> you are getting a spark.
> What this means is that there is something in your wiring that is
> completeing the circuit from your positive
> terminal to your negative terminal. This is probably what drained your
> battery.
>
> it could be a device left connected, a ground or a short someplace in the
> wiring.
>
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
>
> Stu wrote:
>
>>I put 2 new dry charge military batteries in my Mutt last summer. While
>>Mutt stored for winter they went dead. I put a 12v charger on to one of
>>the
>>batteries, and with + cable attached to battery, I am getting sparks from
>>the neg terminal when I put on the cable. Should it be doing that?
>>
>>
>> “Stu” Southern, NH USA “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not
>> The Worst Of Evils" MVPA #14790
>>1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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