Search results

#42 & 43

Headlight fuse melted Fuse didn't blow. It melted. Before & after picture below. The answer is here: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?104746-Why-is-my-headlight-fuse-melting Removed suppressor near horn as directed. Diode near horn relay was already gone. Ordered the LMC HD...

With young kids, it surely would be a menace. Lots of sharp corners and pinch hazards. I would remove it too, if I had little ones in the mix. Depending on how we rig this up as a lab, I'm not sure if it will be convenient or not. We may end up using it, or putting it in storage. I'm not...

Attendant's Seat Bearing restoration/replacement The M1010 has an "Attendant's Seat" in the back. It looks a little like a Harley saddle with a seat belt. It sits on a steel frame that rolls the length of the ambulance, and it's spring loaded to allow the attendant to pop up to deal with the...

Doghead relay installed without incident. Replaced hazard flasher with new HD Delco flasher. Formerly anemic flashers seem adequate now. I guess the old flasher was just tired.

The fat wire in the bottom corner is the positive output of the alternator, which goes to the negative post on the back battery, which connects to the positive post of the front battery. (They were out of red 2G wire.) The upper fat wire goes to ground, though it's not fat enough yet.

About the alternators. The lower alternator: The upper alternator: Yes, I know it needs a bigger ground wire.

Jett from Leece Neville called again. The guys who designed these voltage regulators had a discussion about our Plan B Mod. They never intended the alternators to be configured this way, and they never tested them in this configuration. Based on the voltages I measured, especially after...

Yes, the 12V alternator voltage regulator is performing as designed. The rear battery is seeing half a volt more charge than the front, with the engine at idle. I still need to measure the voltages at load, and the Leece Neville folks have yet to answer the question about the voltage...

Battery cable refresh needed I contacted Leese Neville to ask about the Plan B Mod, in light of earlier posts in this thread suggesting it might cause problems. We're still talking, but after several e-mails and phone calls, I have some useful information to report. They have excellent...

OK. I understand the previous messages now. What should I do now? I have a 24v inverter and a 24v winch that draws a max of 275 amps at 7% duty cycle, so I hate to lose 24v amps if I don't have to. IIUC, I either replace my 24v alternator with a 12v and run them independantly in series, or I...

Wow. Thanks! I was hoping someone with expertise in this area would chime in. It will take me a little time to digest this. I do have one point of confusion that i can articulate. why is it that the lower alt can contribute amps when the alts are wired in series, but not when "nested" as in...

This sounds like a very clean solution. The only down side is fewer amps of 24V power. If I'm right in assuming you're using the 160A 12V alts, that gives you 160A of 24V available from the alternators. The original Plan B mod gives you 280A of 24V power from the alternators, if I understand...

Thanks, tim292stro, for taking the time for such a detailed post. The stock M1010 has 2 200A 24V alternators and a device called a DUVAC. The bottom alternator charges the 24V battery bank. The top alternator provides 12V power to the vehicle, and charges the front battery, which is the one...

Agreed. Keep a screwdriver in the truck and you can always adjust it back, if you need it as seasons change. I don't think this is something you need at your fingertips on the dashboard. If it were my truck, I'd rather lift the hood and turn a screw a couple times a year if it saves me from...

Plan B Mod Battery charging performance My dashboard voltmeter says I'm just barely over the line into the red zone, so I looked into this. I measured voltages with a meter at 4 times: With the engine idling, and without having done anything to drain the batteries prior to starting. With the...

Right. The biggest question here is why? What is the OP trying to accomplish? If we're guessing correctly, and he just wants ample 12V power, a variation of the Plan B mod is the ticket. Just add a 1-wire 12V alternator feeding the 12V battery that is connected to chassis ground, pull your...

Absolutely! The Ready Welder already lives in the truck. I used it yesterday to weld a part to the truck. I haven't taught her to weld yet, but that's on the list.

Ready Welder I got my Ready Welder from Tin H Do at http://www.wcxsports.com/welders.html. wcxsports@yahoo.com. He had the best price at the time, but that was years ago. YMMV. I had an e-mail conversation with him to discuss models and options, and he steered me to the best model/price for...

True. The Ready Welder will handle *much* more power than a home MIG machine can produce. I used mine in the driveway. Once I get my NATO slave connector set up, the Ready Welder will be just as convenient as a home MIG machine when at home, and far more useful in the field.