RE: (ET) wheel weights

[oleoranch aaahawk com]

      I have been running the rear battery
box with three group 31 twelve volt batteries connected in parallel with
the main battery pak.    I charge them all at the same
time with the Elec-Trak charger.    I have been running
this set up for 5 years and I see no problem.  
Rob.                                                                                 
At 07:07 AM 11/22/03 -0500, you wrote:
>My ET with loader was equipped with a rear weight box.  The prior
owner had
>placed 3 12volt deep cycle batteries in parallel with the original
battery
>pack and put the 12 volters in the weight box to counter the
loader
>leverage.  There was a quick disconnect socket at the box, and he
used to
>charge them with a separate changer.  When I got the ET, all the
batteries
>were shot, and I elected to remove them and just carry concrete
blocks in
>the box for weight.  I'm sure the electrical engineers belonging to
this
>group will give a collective groan at the thought of hooking up all
those
>mismatched batteries.  At least he charged the two packs
separately!
>
>The loader is electric/hydraulic, and does draw a significant
current.
>However, if shut off when not being raised or lowered, the loader can
be
>operated for a fairly long time without exhausting the single
original
>battery pack.  Even with the weight box I could use an additional 100
lbs,
>so the wheel weights seem like a good option.  I think wheel weight
might be
>preferable to adding more weight to the box because they would have a
lower
>center of gravity than the weight box (cenentered around the axle as
opposed
>to completely above it), and since tjey are on the wheels, no
additional
>weight loads are placed on the wheel bearings.
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
>[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On
Behalf Of Anton and
>Federica
>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:01 PM
>To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>Subject: (ET) wheel weights
>
>
>actually, I was joking about putting the batteries inside the
wheel,
>which would mean you would have to back up to untwist the cables, or
use
>some kind of electrical contact swivel that I made up in my
head.
>However, there is a commercially available big size electric
tractor
>that has an extra battery pack option for range and weight.
Someone
>clever could work up a rear hitch battery holder or something else
that
>I am not thinking of just now.
>anton
>one could inform oneself about this tractor at:
>http://www.mcn.org/a/mendomotive/ElectricTractor.htm
>
>Oasis654 aol com wrote:
>
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>> In a message dated 11/21/03 4:06:42 PM,
krustyacres earthlink net writes:
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>>> use sealed batteries, with swivel contacts for weight and
range
>>> extension!
>>> anton
>>>
>>
>>
>> hi dave, what are swivel contacts?  i do like the idea of
batteries as
>> weight and range extenders, but have yet to try it.  thanks, jon
k
>> albany ny
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