RE: (ET) batterys

["Humphrey, Timothy" <HumphreyT neads ang af mil>]

As David mentioned, Harry's charge controller simply replaces the GE 
Timer. 

But David, it seems that Barry is concerned with not "severely" 
overcharging
his batteries. I understand that with Floodeds this only causes them to use
more water and does not necessarily damage them. However,  wouldn't Harry's
controller provide a sense of peace. Knowing that your batteries will get
charged, will not get boiled and will be kept topped off.   

Finish mowing, park it, plug it in, and forget about it until you need it
again. Even MY wife could handle that.


Stay Charged!

Hump


P.S. Harry do you take Paypal?


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Woods [mailto:barry woods wright edu]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 3:02 PM
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: Re: (ET) batterys
> 
> 
> David had mentioned that improper recharging can cause 
> sulfating of the
> batteries.  Can David or anyone tell me the proper technique 
> to prevent this
> from happening.  I just put a new set of batteries in last 
> year and don't
> want to trash them.
> 
> The GE manual that came with the tractor said that the 
> batteries should be
> charged after every use.  I set the charger on 1-2yrs mark everytime I
> recharge, which gives about a 14 hour or so recharge time. 
> This seems like
> overkill as I only use the tractor for about 40 minutes each 
> time, and the
> meter indicates that the batteries are not even down to 
> half-way discharged.
> Is sulfating from overcharging or undercharging?
> 
> What would be the effect of the use of the float charger that 
> one of our
> group members sells.  Apparently this is kept plugged in at 
> all times the
> tractor is not being  used.  Does this type of charging decrease the
> possibility of battery damage to sufating?
> 
> Barry
> Dayton, OH
>