(ET) batteries and charging

[jim donovan <donovan66205 yahoo com>]

Hey all:

I have used both flooded and sealed/gel in my cars and
have come to love the sealed/gel.  However, it is my
understanding that the charger that is on the
elec-traks has an output that best serves the flooded
batteries.  Is that correct?  What do you sealed/gel
type guys use to charge your pack?

Jim



--- Christopher Meier <mr23 mn rr com> wrote:
> I put surplus Hawkers in a few years back.
> Like David, I don't miss the floodeds.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>
> To: "Discussion List Electrac tractor"
> <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:32 PM
> Subject: RE: (ET) New guy in town...
> 
> 
> > On 10 Feb 2004 at 12:55, Pieter Litchfield wrote:
> >
> > > Be sure you keep the plastic bags around the
> > > batteries to prevent battery acid from eating
> its way through the boxes
> too.
> > > That seems to be a traditional problem.
> >
> > When I got my tractor almost 6 years ago, I had a
> bunch of 12-volt group
> 24
> > East Penn gel batteries sitting around gathering
> dust, so I put 6 of them,
> > connected in series-parallel, to work in the
> tractor.  I figured they'd do
> for
> > a couple of years.  When people asked about them,
> I said "they're OK, but
> I'd
> > be using golf car batteries if I hadn't had these
> on hand."
> >
> > Well, they're still doing great. ...
> ...
> > If I were getting batteries just for the ET, I'd
> probably buy GC-2 size, 6
> > volt VRR batteries, rather than the 12 volters.
> >
> >
> > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> 
> 
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