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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 2:18
PM
Subject: (ET) E15 at the NEDRA Woodburn
Drags
Took the E15
Elec-Trak to the EV drags in Woodburn, OR yesterday. It was unexpectedly
called into service when John Waylands "White Zombie" blew a battery.
The E15 towed the Zombie back to the pit area. John replaced the blown
battery, but the replacement had a higher voltage than the rest of
the batteries and whistled when he tried to quick charge the battery
pack. The E15 mower and roto-tiller motors were used to partially discharge
the new battery. This took about 30 minutes since the current drain was only
about 25 amps at 12 volts. After the new battery was "equalized", John was
able to dump charge the battery pack and try another run.
Here are links to
some pictures:
Rick
Barnes
Aloha,
OR
