RE: (ET) RE: Elec-trak Battery removal question- E12M

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

Pieter, 

I take it the batteries are no good so no need to worry about damaging
the post to case seal. Use the post to remove them, you may find they
are stuck (swollen) from old age. Use a nut and large washer to hold
some old rope to the terminal post stud to pull the battery up and out. 

Your new batteries will have lifting tabs on them (do not buy them if
they do not) Ask at the battery story for a lifting strap they should,
might give you a free one for the six new batteries you just bought! 

  Dwight 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Pieter Litchfield [mailto:plitch attglobal net] 
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:00 PM
To: Discussion List Electrac tractor; Jim Launikitis
Subject: (ET) RE: Elec-trak Battery removal question- E12M

You will get lots of opinions on this.  There is a battery "strap" that
has
metal ends that sort of jam fit on the terminals and allow lifting.
Generally discouraged since they may break the terminal post free of the
case, causing fatal battery damage.  I use batteries that have a lifting
tab
molded into the edges of the case.  This allows a lifting handle to be
applied to the case, not the terminal.  Better solution.

I don't have a lifting handle, so I snap vice grips on the case tabs to
lift.

 I would think that lifting a battery with a straight up force on the
terminals would be kinder than using a lifting strap which puts a
considerable side force on the posts, so when lifting batteries with no
case
tab, I have used two sets of vice grips on the posts applied from
directly
above, so that when I lift, the force is all vertical.  So far no
damage,
but ya never know.  I wonder how long a piece of nylon strap would last
if
you left it wrapped around the battery as a lifting device when you
replace
batteries?

One you get the first one out, the rest are not as difficult.

Sorry I can't be of more help
Pieter


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Launikitis [mailto:jlaunikitis stny rr com]
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:38 PM
To: Pieter Litchfield
Subject: Re:Elec-trak Battery removal question- E12M


Peter, you seem knowledgeable in the Elec-trak battery field and I need
help.

I need to pull the batteries from my E12M and its been 11 years. I can't
remember how to do this as you can't get your hands around them. I used
to
work with some auto mechanic people and they may have lent me something,
but
am retired now and can't remember how to do this with no special type of
tooling. I can send you front and back pictures if you need them of my
problem.

My initial thoughts was to free the cables off one end and yank it up
high
enough to get my hands around it but am kind of scared without talking
to
somebody. I remember the other remaining batteries (3 in the seat and
one in
front) were a piece of cake after the initial removal.

I could put this out on the Electrak forum, but its probably so simple
I'm
afraid to clutter peoples email.

Can you help me? Or please reply and tell me to forum post it if you
feel it
requires good press. I just need to get them out of there.

Thanks in advance........Jim Launikitis

PS: do you know anything about disposal or recycling?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pieter Litchfield" <plitch attglobal net>
To: "Discussion List Electrac tractor" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 7:17 AM
Subject: (ET) Battery FAQ


> I recently found this FAQ about golf cart batteries while searching
for
> other info.  I thought it might be of interest.
> http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/dcfaq.htm
>
>