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Jim, The total draw and hold amperage test for the starter is 25 Amps. But I THINK that's for a bench test, so it will be higher when installed on the set. I have not found anything else in the TM's to answer the question. So I will say that I don't know, but will try and ask someone smarter...

You are probably right. Come to think of it, I have never started one without batteries in it. Normally, we just hooked it up waited 5-10 minutes and then fired it off. Need to see what the starter pulls for amps. Been too long for me to remember what it was.

Sure, should not be a problem.

You do not have to attach batteries to the gen set. The 24 volt slave receptacle will do it just fine, Just dont leave it on over long time periods. You can over charge the batteries.

Of course. I would let it run hooked up for a while, but not for hours on end. Simply hook up the slave cable and after several minutes, fire it up. I assume we are talking about a 24 volt truck, also! On our missile site, we mounted a 3 KW on homemade trailer, with two battery boxes welded to...

Citizen, Every Army motor Pool had a 1.5 or 3 KW DC generator set just for a battery charging panel. The 1.5 KW charged up to 2 or 4 batteries at a time, the 3KW even more. Each battery jumper cable had its own plug. Each plug with a circuit breaker. Worked like a charm. What kind of batteries...