Re: (ET) batteries and charging

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

Well, I'm still waiting on the module chargers that
I worked on with Lee Hart for the Tango; until then
I continue to bulk charge with my Fair Radio 'charger'
(at 15-20A) and finish with a couple of 3A max multimode
chargers.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim donovan" <donovan66205 yahoo com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:08 AM
Subject: (ET) batteries and charging


> 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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