PS Magazine - JUNE 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 307
JUNE 1978
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It's quite a shoE w en you get 'way
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oUt in tHe boonies aNd can't operate
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yoUr commA equiPment becauSe your
24-volt battery setup won't put out.
THis can happen if you'r± Wheelin'
one of those M880²series 1³/´on
trucks with the add-on 24²voµ eLec¶
trical
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system·¸881, M882, M883,
M884, M89¹ or M8º2.
You can head out fat »n' happy
without even knowin' that yo¼r 24½
b
B.
at
´
volt system is dead.
Here's the
layout when
you'Re facing
t±e truck
²AdATO³
F2-v´ Lµ¶YS·Em
1'
Your truck's got
2
separate elec¾
tricaL systems. It came from the factory
wit¿ a 12-volt system to ruN the
starter, ignition aNd lights. This setUp
incLudes the singLe 12½voLt battery oN
the Left side of the engine and the
But your commo equipmeNt needs
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24 volts. Ào a 24-volt systeÁ was added
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alternator on the right.
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at the dÃpot. That's ÄHy you've got a
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pair of 12-volt batteries Up there in the*
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nght corNer of t e eNgiNe compart-
meNt aNd aNother alterNator±either
60²amp or 1³³²amp´oN the left sIde
of the eNgiNe.
ThIs 24²volt system's got NOthINg to
do wiµh ruNNINg your truck. ¶t·s
ONly
f¸r your commo equIPMeNt.
That's why your truck will starµ aNd
ruN just fiNe wheN there¹s Not a spark
of life iN µhe º4»Volµ sYsµem¼
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