RE: (ET) ryobi

["Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>]

Sense everyone else is weighing in on the ryobis. I to salvaged one from 
the
trash.  Mine was missing the "key" (easy by-pass by plugging the lead in to
another spot) and the charger was doa.  Lucky for me the batteries were 
good
and the car 12 volt charger worked until I got a 24v charger for sealed
batteries on ebay for $10.00.  Drilled a hole in the panel and ran a 2 wire
trailer plug thru and now use the separate charger (this is about the only
wiring I can handle).  At this point it does all my trim plus mower around
the house (mulching is better than the clipping left by the e12m).  Now I'm
happy as a skunk.....

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave & Debbie Barden [mailto:daveb seanet com] 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:26 AM
To: czach computer org; wombat dssinternet net;
elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) ryobi

54?!  how did you wire them, what's the pack voltage?

this wkend I just got a sears cordless mower running that I rescued from 
the

dump.  The 24v charger came in the mail friday, the 12v sealed batts
measured 
2.2volts each!  but after 2 days on the charger came up to 12.7v.  I ran it
but 
only for a coupla seconds.  my charger did the same thing only the green 
"ready" led ever lit up.  the red "charging" led never has come on.  

there's not much grass here in my neighborhood here in town to test it on 
so

I'll have to wait till next wkend when I bring it the farm.  I plan to use
it 
for the lawn in close to the house and flower beds and the E-trac on the
other 
1/2 ac of lawn.

dave

> Could also be that after sitting for years the battery is fully sulfated.
> 
> If it's a 12 volt 26amp/hour battery then they cost $50 new from
> www.surplusev.com. I just bought 54 of them for my electric car; really
nice
> batteries. Have been thinking of trying to run the E20 with a set of six
of
> them :-)
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neil Dennis" <wombat dssinternet net>
> To: "Elec-trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:42 AM
> Subject: (ET) ryobi
> 
> 
> > I've got probably the same model, the battery indicated "charged' after
> > running the charger for several hours but wouldn't start the mower.  If
> > I remember, I found an open connection somewhere, after fixing, the
> > mower would run with the charger plugged in but about a minute on the
> > batt.
> >
> > It sits in my garage, too cheap to try and find a new batt, wonder what
> > they cost.
> >
> > wombat
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>