Re: (ET) Thanks you David C Robie

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Not only that, but the batteries get recycled to a place which uses their
remaining lifespans up.  Be sure, if you get these used batts, that you
get a couple more than you need as some of em out there might be real
bad.  Like hangng around in a fully discharged state and sulfated.  Some
of the batts I am using are even 'pregnant ' (swelled cases) which
usually means sulfation or they have been frozen while discharged.  But
they run Etractors.  
    If you got more than one tractor and one of em has a snownlower, put
your best batteries in it.  GE blowers are fussy and draw heavy current.

   It's just like putting your 'dead' digital camera batteries in your
penlites.  They won't run the camera any more but run flashlights ok and
some other stuff.  Even pretty dead flashlight batteries run LED
flashlights.  
(tip;  get all those old flashlight etc batteries that are hanging around
 together, check em for voltage, lining up on the bench left to right,
right being the highest voltage ones.  Then put your meter on the '10A'
range and just tick each batt in line with the probe.  Anything that
delivers over 2A when you tick  it is good.  If it don't, chuck it.  Even
flashlight battries exist that will deliver voltage but not current.
(chemical decomposition causes hi internal resistance)  Result; you buy
less batteries by cycling em though less demanding applications.

Just think, Geoff,  we are doing things that bigtime degree engineers
can't concieve of.  We,  according to all the theory in all the
electrical engineering books in the world, are supposed to throw these
things away (to the recycle pits, of course).   

Many EV people in New England have Etractors.  I ain't the only one using
ex-EV batts.  Most all do.

Dave
Weymouth MA

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:47:05 -0400 ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA writes:
> Hi
>       I have had no luck locally securing used 6 Volt floodies, 
> from the
> usual place like Golf courses and Cart dealers. I think this is more 
> because
> they are snobby than an actual shortage of batteries, and the fact 
> that GC
> have a core Charge of $10 in this area.
>       However, it never occurred to me to ask my EV acquaintances 
> for
> their "used batteries". It is not only an opportunity to acquire 
> some well
> maintained batteries at a good price it would seem to be an almost 
> unlimited
> supply given the ratio of EV to ET (main to )  and the number of 
> batteries
> each EV has (10 to 1). And the change to meet some more interesting 
> people.
> Hey
> I'll only need one EVer to respond and my fleet is powered and I got 
> a new
> buddy (Very Cool) 
> 
> Great Reporting Dave.
> 
> I am putting a advertisement  in my local EV newsletter. 
> 
> Geof T.
> 
> 
> 
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