Re: (ET) batteries

Subject: Re: (ET) batteries

From: William Martin <martinsprinklerdesign yahoo com>

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:17:33 -0700 (PDT)

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Reply-to: William Martin <martinsprinklerdesign yahoo com>

Did the controller relay fail "closed" and leave the charger running? I've seen that happen a couple times. If that's the case, you batteries are cooked. I haven't seen anyone bring batteries back to new"ish" after cooking them. There are a lot of methods to try, but you may end up needing new batteries...especially with only a 5 minute run time. Good luck.

Billy

From: Ferguson Apiaries <ferga hay net>
To: "elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:59 AM
Subject: (ET) batteries

I left my tractor plugged in to a charge controller all winter to keep up the charge and now I have very little capacity in the batteries. I can get about 5 mins. running time. Is there anything I can do to revive them?
Bill

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