Re: (ET) batteries

[Jim Coate <lists freerangeelectric com>]

What type of charge controller were you using? As others have said, 
likely to have overcharged the batteries to the point of no return, 
but... I'd check the voltage of each battery. Preferably under modest 
load like the mowing deck running. Looking to see if 5 batteries are 
good, holding around 6 volts, and one battery is the stinker and 
plummets to near zero volts. This could mean that the one battery died 
more of its own accord and the charge controller didn't toast the whole 
pack.

On 4/23/14 9:59 AM, Ferguson Apiaries wrote:
> 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?


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Jim Coate
Free Range Electric
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