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Biggest problem I see is charging. You would now have a nominal 38
volt pack instead of 36 volts. The charger would need to go 2.3
volts or so higher to get the pack fully charged. Running a 38 volt
pack with the stock charger would leave all the batteries
undercharged and end their life quickly. With older batteries, the
voltage would probably sag enough under load that the motors and
controls would see "normal" voltages and be fine.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/26/17 2:47 PM, tb wrote:<br>
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type="cite">No it wouldn't have the same capacity, but I
probably/perhaps don't need it to--just until I can get a 6v. It
would cost very little to try, but I don't know if it could damage
anything.
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<div>By the way, it's an E12M--not one of those 'high-tech' big
machines. :-)</div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>On May 26, 2017, at 10:05 AM, David Tiefenbrunn wrote:</div>
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<div>I would not do that. The 8v can't have the same
capacity as the 6v if it's is the same size. I free
exchange for a used 6v with the other 5 at end of life
isn't a bad idea. Might get you another year.
Definitely not worth getting 1 new one in with the old.
It will be wrecked in short order.</div>
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From: A-M <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Date: 5/25/17 11:58 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>
To: et <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Subject: (ET) 8v battery in the mix? <br>
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My pack is probably 7-10 years old, and still does all I
need it to--or did until I found one battery open circuit
this spring.<br>
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As I understand it, putting one new battery in with the
other 5 does no favors to the new guy.<br>
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My local golf cart dealer will basically exchange a
'decent' old trade-in battery --when he gets one--for my
dead one. He's already been through the spring rush
though, so no idea when that might be.<br>
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He does have some trade-in deep cycle 8v batteries though,
which seem to be the same physical size. Any chance
adding one to the mix might not be too much, until a 6v
shows up?? <br>
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I do have a couple of ICE riders I can use, if this is a
bad idea. <br>
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Thanks.<br>
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Thon<br>
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