Re: (ET) Battery Question

[PH <pholzsc yahoo com>]

Hi
Yes 38.2 vdc is full charge at normal temp.
I've had a Landis for 4 years.
I do not have to set the timer and hope the pack is
charged when I want mow or plow.
All ETs with the ET charger should have a Landis.
Which will keep the pack 100% charged 24/7
Thanks,
Paul Holzschuher
e15,  c185



--- David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com> wrote:

> 
> Well, I wouldn't think you would have to monitor
> your batt E daily -
> that's an overkill.  Daily for a while to see what
> the Landis is doing
> perhaps.  I never worry about mine, just charge it. 
> As for the drift
> down in E this is normal, it is the surface charge
> going away.  Batt E
> measurements are only meaningful when it is gone,
> like the morning after
> an evening charge has terminated. 
> 
> Incidentally - a trick for those people who leave
> their tractors outdoors
> while charging but want to monitor to see when the
> charge is complete
> without opening the door and going out in the
> blustery cold.  Plug her in
> indoors and read the AC current going into the
> charger with a clamp on
> ammeter clamped over a single wire in the cord
> (black or white, not
> green).  When the ammeter reaches it's lowest point
> you are charged. 
> Can't give you numbers cause all are  little
> different but there will be
> a definite point where the ammeter won't read below
> no matter how long
> you leave it on.  When you hit that point, unplug
> it.   No sense in
> wasting current.    This ammeter method, of course,
> assumes you have a
> stock GE charger that tapers due to it's ferro
> resonant nature, and
> assumes you got a long charge cranked into the
> timer.  Don't think it
> would work on a landis, as the landis senses charge
> state and cuts off.
> 
> Back when I was charging with AC,  I would plug her
> back in for a short
> time (about a cup of coffee's worth) to warm the
> batteries up and top her
> off before goin out and hittin the snow.  Ammeter
> still in there told me
> whether or not I should have another cup of coffee.
> 
> Dave
> Weymouth MA
> 
>     
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:41:56 -0500 "Raymon Ellis"
> <raymonellis adelphia net> writes:
> > Many well qualified members on this digest have
> offered useful advice 
> > and I
> > have tried to accept those things that would be
> helpful. The Landis
> > controller was disconnected and the old GE charger
> was placed on a
> > mechanical timer for 17 hours to equalize the set
> of 6 volt Crown 
> > CR-225
> > batteries. After apparently reaching the specified
> voltage for 
> > equalization,
> > the charger was turned off. A few minutes ago the
> voltage of the 
> > pack had
> > drifted down to 38.6 volts a level which would
> trigger the Landis 
> > controller
> > if connected.  I will monitor the voltage daily
> and follow the 
> > procedure
> > used over the years to maintain the batteries. A
> new GE timer may be 
> > needed
> > in a few days.
> > 
> 
> 
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