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Hello I have a Reynolds Broughton 44 . Bates equipped truck. I was wondering if the engine driven generator is 24 volt ? I'm guessing by the 4 x Hawker 110ah 12 v battery's with 2 banks wired in parallel that it is a 24 v system with the 4 battery's producing 440 ah ? Is there any kind of regulator to prevent overcharging , boiling up the battery's ? Also is there any way of converting it down to 12 volts so I can run the battery's in series 12 volts so battery's are charged when driving and without changing all the wiring It can easily when parked up run a fridge, lights and recieve top up charge from my 200 watt 12volt solar panels. Anyone have any thoughts or knowledge most appreciated , basically I was hoping to keep the engine generator to charge up battery's for leisure camper van type use and not military radios . Cheers guys

crikey nice one. how much was the ferry for your van ? like to know how you found a " not fully booked" cheap campsite bigduke , i searched online for over 3 hrs yesterday. cheapest i found was £560 for 7 nights . ridiculous prices

I was hoping to miss the main events and go in July , but even then all of July is crazy exspensive and busy. im more interested in visiting the actually sites , mueseums and beaches anyway so will probably go in late september now .

Hello Has the MVT organised any runs , camping trips to this years D Day events in Normandy ? I dont have a period WW2 vehicle but being a MVT member and modernish military vehicle owner i would still like to visit the D Day beaches with my family and all our kit ? everywhere i have looked in France to stay seems to be either civi type holiday parks or hotels , with crazy holiday season prices , we are quite happy with just a field for a week but want to be somewhere near the beaches etc. Anyone know if theres a option for club members or place to pitch military canvas for a sensibly priced stay ? cheers all Rich

http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/slgr.htm need a operating manual please , or photo copy ..........anyone ?

Hi Andy Yes pulse tech extreme Yes I had it running continuous overnight , it wasn't laboured as I have 4 hawker batterys and the charge was goverened between the batterys with Pulsetechs QUADLINK set up that distributes charge at 10 minute intervals . Im pretty sure that the units are not suitable as described , made in china quality never inspires confidence with me . The chap at United scientific has asked me to return both units , but I know they have failed due to overheating as I have bought a vented solid state charger that's properly vented and its been working 24 hrs for 3 days with no problems . Im hoping to get a full refund as im not impressed with the pulse tech

Hi I bought one of these chargers and the quadlink to regulate between 4 hawker batterys , followed all the instructions and set the charger up , it worked for 2 days and broke ? overheated I guess ? A new one was sent out on warranty and this lasted 3 days and has Broke ? I don't think the chargers are fit for purpose ? I notice they are manufactured in China although coming from the states . I am now using a draper intelligent charger , that's fully vented through the quadlink , so far so good.

Hi The large brass connector at the rear is now emitting a red light , looks like a lazer ? on the female pin socket . so would light carry information , is this a fibre optic connection ?? Rich:-):nut:

[Amazzing pics , looks like a newer set up than my old clockwork jobby . im having some operating glitches with mine now , something seems to go wrong everytime i try and start PC , waiting for a windows 98 disc to arrive so i can reboot . hopefully they settle down ?? Iain your spot on again , the printers i have aquired do have a seperate domestic type connection inside the case . Rich

nearly forgot , this picture shows the new small HDD cobbled up to fit , it isn't very secure sadly maybe a bit of foam top and bottom will stop it bouncing around ? im hoping of finding another Toshiba HDD ( MK 4313 MAT ) HDD 2141 to have a DIY repair of the other LXI . Rich

Are we talking about the 322 amp ? ive seen archive pictures of these these and most are rigid mounted to a table with the 250 watt TURF mounted on top ? no rubber isolating feet . im wondering if the table is for the heavy (32Kg) ruggerised monitor as used in the CRVT ?? Rich

the back connectors of the SSP printer

the SSP printer ? does this work with a LXi ??

back connectors of the LXI , of most interest and wonderment is the large brass 2 pin in the middle ???

this is a pic showing the removed removable Interface

the above pic shows the ribbon attached to the interface , by just removing the ribbon from the interface the pin connector will then fit straight on to a normal HDD .......seems too easy ehh ?

Iain I have those pics for you , also some showing the connections at rear of the LXI laptop to see if you can figure them out ? I also acquired a pair of SSP teleprinters I think which I hope to set up with the LXI if possible ? I have included some pics of the connectors on these also . im guessing XMOD will be able to help me out with the leads , im guessing the printer could run from mains electric or vehicle electrics ? would this type of printer have been used in a Bates truck like mine ? if so would it also receive data via radio ? cheers Rich

Cheers Trevor yes the windows 98 has a music player , I was wondering if it would push to video though , but looks like it wont . Rich

Iain I have had my LXI returned from the comp shop , they managed ok to fit a small HDD and windows 98 operating system . I was disappointed to see the CD rom drive wasn't opening so I thought id remove the thousand tiny screws and whip it apart to see what they done ? amazingly it looks like the ribbon that went to the original HDD clipped onto the back of a circuit board with a differing pin interface , all they had to do was pull the ribbon and its block connector off the back of the original interface and connect it directly to the new HDD , no mods at all ?? I also noted that the same ribbon extended onwards to the cd rom drive , this was unconnected ?? so I reconnected it . It caused a few boot up problems and I rebooted with your Floppy disc (cheers) and it boots up great , only thing is the computer is not playing the CD,s I think it needs some media software or something to recognise Drive D: or something ?? any ideas ?? do you think it should be able to play Music and video CD,s or is it a bit much ?? Also repair shop said ignore the CMOS error , apparently the motherboard has a battery somewhere for the BIOS ? (same as CMOS ??) but they couldn't find it as its nothing like a ordinary PC , he said it could look something like a resistor but wasn't sure , it still boots up ok but has this CMOS error , I have the cover off still if you fancy a PIC , theres not much to see as its quite a mess . any luck with the BATES software as yet ? cheers Rich

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050906002707/army.mod.uk/40regtra/

Whithams have a nice BMETS rb44 for sale on auction if your quick , the sister truck to the BATES . Iain ive sent you a PM , ive got a bit stuck again . My truck was used in KOSOVO and on a exercise TARTAN BLIZZARD in 2005 , one of the biggest artillery live firing exercises in the UK ever apparently , theres snippets of info on the royal artillery website Rich

absolutely mind blowing Iain , and what a beauty your lap top is . fantastic discovery with the bates screen , how exciting . my LXi is still with local PC shop , work in progress he informs me so yet to try your disc . Best wishs Rich

wow This is very interesting stuff , I expect the guy at the PC shop will understand it better than me , I will pass the information on to him as he is part way through custom building a caddy Interface . Kind regards Rich:nut:

Hi Iain yes sorry about size of pic , that's the one I was sent . The guy said basically its encased in the white plastic case , and the knob bit on front is for slotting it in and out . I have given the laptop to my local PC shop , he says its shouldn't be too difficult to get a HDD for it but its the interface that will need a bit of work . so fingers crossed, he has tons of old pc parts to play with so hopefully something can me fabricated to work. I have PM you my address for the boot disk you mentioned , I have no idea what a BATES screen shot would look like ? in my head I imagine it like some old 80,s Atari asteroids game ? but cant imagine it be quite that cool . lol Really appreciate your assistance , one thing the guy mentioned and I don't know how hes got them is that the pair of HDD hes has couldn't be wiped ? so still contain I guess some interesting software , or maybe just solitaire ??? cheers Rich;)

theres a NSN number that leads to this link http://7025.iso-group.com/NSN/7025-99-147-5946