So I chargerd up my E12 and mowed my lawn this afternoon (less than 1/2 acre). The batteries are brand new and after charging all night on the 1-2 year setting, the charge of the power pack read 32 volts. Any thoughts why it would be so low? While charging, it was reading upwards of 38v.
After mowing, the solenoids are very hot, so I'm going to let it all cool down before recharging. Is it normal for these to get hot?
Also, I followed the instructions in the manual and tried mowing in D1 and in D2 with the throttle all the way forward. It didn't seem to matter where I placed the throttle...the power use guage was in the red the entire time the PTO was on.
Thoughts?
Paul
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From: "Jim Coate" <jbc_lists_NO_REPLY coate org>
To: "Elec-Trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:08:36 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: (ET) [Fwd: Re: charger problem]
The charger info sounds good, but... what's up with battery B2? It would
appear to be at zero volts???
Can you measure the voltage of each battery?
paul mitchell2007 comcast net wrote:
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> I also measured the voltage on the batteries:
> B5 to B6: 12.66v
> B5 to B4: 18.98v
> B5 to B3: 25.32v
> B5 to B2: 31.66v
> B5 to B1: 31.66v
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