Hawker Armasafe Battery Charging Question

[dadafan]

Hi,

Like a dumbass, I left the lights on my M-1078 overnight and the batteries are just about dead. Not enough power to turn over the engine. Does anyone have experience with charging these batteries? I took them all out of the truck and plan on charging them.

Since the batteries are sealed, I'm wonding if I am wasting my time, or will they charge? I looked up these batteries on line and they are SUPER EXPENSIVE.

Thanks.

 

[fastsailor]

they charge just fine you can use a standard 12volt charger if they are out of the truck and not hooked in series
but you have a 24 volt truck you may want to buy a 24 volt charger
i got a nice one for $160.00 and i picked up a slave cable end to hook it to

plug http://www.milbatteries.com/images/stories/accessories/tt/mini_overmold_natos.jpg
charger http://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-SE-70MA-Automatic-Deep-Cycle-Charger/dp/B0002TP2C0

then you can leave the batteries in the truck and dont even need to open the box

 

[dadafan]

Thanks... I already took the batteries out and have the first one on my charger. Hoping for the best.

 

[NDT]

This is a good thread on the subject: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...ad-Hawker-batteries&highlight=hawker+charging

 

[fastsailor]

it should do just fine , do you know how to connect them back to the truck its a bit of a mess but the tm has a nice breakdown

 

[dadafan]

Thanks for the info. I took a photo before I took them out.

 

[fastsailor]

TM 9-2320-365-20-3
page 7-184 to 7-195 for future
all the cables have labels on them like "TL48" its stamped into that thin metal around the cable