From: Michael J. Hill (wild800@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 11:47:33 PST
Hello list,
Perhaps the communication shelter required the electric. If you are
running HF amplifiers you would need some extra juice.
Mike Hill EMT-1
MVPA# 25988
86-M1OO9
84-M1O5A2
"Neil E. Amrhein" wrote:
>
> Bruce & list,
> I, too, have the PDF copies of the -20 and -34 manuals, and both contain
> several bits of information. The -20 (table 1-12) and -34 (table 1-10)
> manuals both say "Selected M1028 trucks only", in reference to the 200 amp
> charging system. On page 2-42 (and subsequent pages), the -34 manual does,
> as you point out, say "MI 028", but it also says "MI 010" for the M1010.
> That type of misprint can usually be attributed to the OCR software used to
> scan the documents.
> I checked my printed -10 manual and it does NOT include the 200 amp
> information for the M1028, nor the footnote (table 1-8). Of course, it also
> does not include information about the M1028A3. It only discusses the
> M1028A2. I would attribute that last point to the fact that my printed
> manual is dated July 1986, whereas the PDF manuals are from 1988 and 1989.
> Perhaps the 200 amp system was only available on later M1028's?
>
> I recently bought an M1028 that has a 200 amp system. Therefore, I don't
> think it is a printing error in the TM. However, I was not able to determine
> much about how the truck was originally equipped. Currently, it has the
> normal pickup bed with shelter tie-downs. It also has the A/C brackets on
> the engine (no compressor) and the 2 - 100A alternators.
> The really interesting thing is this: On the Chevrolet vehicle ID data
> plate on the door jamb, it carries the M1028 NSN, but it lists the M1010's
> GVW and curb weight. That makes me think that maybe it had au unusual
> shelter from the factory? Or, perhaps, that was a result of ordering the
> M1010 charging system on an M1028? The shipping data plate on the door
> itself identifies it as an M1028. There are a few other curious things, but
> these are some starting question marks for me.
>
> Anyone have any other insight or guesses?
>
> Thanks,
> --Neil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> To: "Neil E. Amrhein" <neil@compu-powr.com>
> Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV 200 amp electrical system on M1028's
>
> > Hi Neil,
> > I suspect that is a printing error. Note that the reference text is
> not
> > M1028, but MI 028.
> > I have the manual on CD, and there are no other references to the M1028
> and the
> > 200 Amp system that I could find.
> > That doesn't mean that it is impossible, since the M1028 was designed
> to
> > carry a heavy shelter, and that would imply lots of electronics.
> > Bruce MVPA 23824
> >
> > "Neil E. Amrhein" wrote:
> >
> > > List,
> > > According to the TM, the 200 amp electrical system used on the M1010
> was
> > > also available on the M1028, but on "Selected M1028 trucks only",
> according
> > > to the footnote. Does anyone know why these trucks would have come
> equipped
> > > with this charging system? Did they come from the factory with an
> > > air-conditioned shelter or was there some other reason behind this
> option?
> > > I have not read the entire -34 manual, but it does not seem to give
> any
> > > specific reason for it to have been available. In some areas of
> > > troubleshooting and maintenance, it does refer to the "M1010 and M1028
> > > trucks with 200 amp system".
> > >
> > > Can anyone enlighten me as to why these trucks would have been
> outfitted
> > > this way?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Neil
> > >
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