Re: (ET) batterys in my I-5

["Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>]

ET's usually aren't used 7 days a week like street EV's.
The pack in my first ET arrived 2 years old and out of
balance, with 1 especially weaker than the rest.  Yet I
used it that way 1-3 times a week, mowing, sweeping
or plowing, most of the year.  You ought to have enough
capacity for several acres of mowing, and unless used
daily or more, the pack will probably die of old age
before running out of cycles, even if you discharge to
80% or more.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D Howell" <dervatl yahoo com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: (ET) batterys in my I-5


> The initial results are back on my battery pack.  As
> you may recall, I had a post a few days ago regarding
> the Trojans in my I-5 having been sitting for the past
> year in a state of discharge.  After about 16 hours of
> charging with my golf cart charger (which has an
> automatically controlled smart circuit board)it
> finally cut off.  The pack voltage was good after
> sitting 24 hours (about 40 volts I believe).  I have
> one of those cheap cell testers with four floating
> balls (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%).  I tested each cell in
> all the batteries.  All of them floated 3 balls (75%)
> or more.  About 6 cells out the the 6 batteries
> floated all four balls.  If I assume an average of
> 75%, is this enough to give me very much run time? 
> Since a battery should never be run down below 50%, it
> would make sense that I have about one-half capacity
> of new batterys.  Is this a valid conclusion?
> 
> Darryl Howell
> Smyrna GA