Battery tender for FMTV

[ramdough]

Anyone have a reasonably priced battery tender for these trucks?


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[Reworked LMTV]

Promariner, avoid NOCO.

 

[NDT]

Pair of BatteryMinders have kept my 2008 Hawkers alive for over 5 years now.

 

[ramdough]

Pair of BatteryMinders have kept my 2008 Hawkers alive for over 5 years now.

Is each one 12v on each battery? I was not sure if that would be ok.


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[NDT]

Is each one 12v on each battery? I was not sure if that would be ok.


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Yes one maintainer for each pair of batteries that are parallel connected.

 

[B-Dog]

Promariner, avoid NOCO.

Can I ask why to avoid Noco? I have one and though it was a bit pricey, I think it's been pretty awesome.

 

[Bill Nutting]

I use the Battery Tender brand. They make a 24 volt unit. I have one installed in my 934 and another one I switch between my M37 and M151. They are not cheap but cost less than replacement batteries. There are other fine brands out there as well. Just be sure they are tenders and not chargers. The last batteries I replaced were in the M37. They were 11 years old. This truck sits a lot but always cranks strong when I need it to. You can buy them at any good local battery store or on line. The way I look at it is, if I can get 11 years out of seldom used batteries, the tender is free...

 

[coachgeo]

One can also add a pulse de-sulfate by either the company that makes them for the military or other brands. about 20 to 50 bucks. the tender should put out enough voltage to overcome the tiny amount of power used to put a pulse into the batteries to keep the plates on the batteries super happy and full energy absorbing.


this is military supplier... you can get them for 12 or 24v. one for 24v would be smarter cost wise. does not matter if you use two 12v tenders or one 24v.

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If you look for it your liable also to be able to find tenders that offer the pulse system built in. this would be wisest purchase if you do not have a tender already.

 

[Reworked LMTV]

Can I ask why to avoid Noco? I have one and though it was a bit pricey, I think it's been pretty awesome.

Product failures and cost. Look on Youtube for vids showing tear down of NOCO products and internal component build quality.

 

[kblazer87]

I have both Batteryminder brand and Battery tender brand. Two of each. I prefer the battery minder as they are desulfators for same cost as the battery tenders which are not desulfators.