PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-738
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 738
MAY 2014
10
PS 738
MAY 14
•±
When battery
voltage drops
below 22 volts.
•±
While being
charged or
pulsed.
•±
When fully
charged.
•±
If the unit is
not operating
due to limited
sunlight.
I
t’s super hot outside. Your vehicle won’t start. You’ve fgured out that the battery’s
the problem. You can choose to jump it, slave it, or pull the battery and replace it.
But jumping and slaving are just temporary fxes. The problem will usually return.
And pulling the battery might mean it gets disposed oF when it could be recovered.
So here’s another option For you, iF your commander approves it. Use a solar
trickle charger, NSN 6130-01-558-5371, that plugs directly into the NATO socket oF
your vehicle.
The solar charger was designed to work with any type oF lead-acid, vehicular
battery. It counteracts gradual discharge by keeping your charged batteries at Full
capacity while the charger is sitting in direct sunlight.
But the solar charger is not meant to recharge dead batteries. And it won’t generate
enough power to operate anything accidently leFt on, such as lights, radios or sensors.
Your job is easy. Just secure the solar panel
to the hood, rooF or deck oF the vehicle with
a hook-and-pile strip, connect it to the NATO
socket and let the sun do the rest!
When the vehicle goes in For maintenance,
remove the charger and leave it with your unit
until the vehicle comes back.
Inside the charger is a circuit board that
produces a high Frequency pulse to enhance
the charge current.
The 9x11-in solar panel is
mounted on an angled box For
better solar collection. It supplies
200 milliamps at 28 volts while
producing
1
/
2
amp-hour oF charge
current per 24 hours oF sunlight.
Vehicular±Batteries…
Solar Charge ‘Em!
with my batteries
fuLly charGED, I’m
ReadY to RoLl!
it sure is hot today!
I hope my batteries
don’t give out.
I’ve got
some help for
you, buddy.
we just got this
solar charger.
it’ll help keep your
batteries from
giving out!
Note that
the solar
charger has
red and green
LED lights
that flash…
The±solar±charger±has±
not
±been±approved±for±use±with±the±HMMWV.
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