IMO, Lee's idea of switching to NiCd is best ...>bottom line (jumping to the end of my long internet searches) ... look at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marathon-Flooded-Plate-NiCad-NiCd-batteries-11AC20-11Ah-aircraft-radio-medical-/281788934148?hash=item419bede804:g:5TwAAOSw1vlUt4~S
(Lurkers should know to change their charger to charge NiCd's, else replace their charger to one that can charge NiCd's properly) (Verbose: from my searches) I found it interesting reading, see http://evdl.awardspace.com/nicad%20update/ which seems to be another evdl archive but of only the year 2007. Half-way down jerryd mentions a way to reduce NiCd watering by only doing an equalizing charge every 5 charges, and to only charge to 75%SOC. At the bottom it references to a yahoo group for BB600 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BB600/info which is a slow load, and the number of posts means to me, that this group is dormant (few are active on it. A shame as they may have know where to buy BB600's. [sidebar I find it nice to still have some my years of evln work still around even though the evdl has gone through some rough archive-times (I have lost over half my work): http://evdl.awardspace.com/evln(hankster%20picks%20up%201st%20acp%20scion%20xb%20ev)/ I found it fun to see a younger (2007) Tom hanks & ACP's Tom Gage http://www.ecorazzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/tom.jpg /sidebar] A search found http://karmanneclectric.blogspot.in/2005/11/battery-of-cells.html which shows a good use of the BB600 in a sweet EV conversion. I also found http://phoenixeaa.com/photoalbum/streetevs/stack1/main.html of another conversion EV using BB600 cells. This reminded me that years ago the Phoenix-AZ EAA members' work-around for their very hot weather temps (which kill PbSO4) was to find sources for old (usually buried and dig up) sources of military NiCds for aircraft. So, you could explore contacting that EAA chapter to see if they have a NiCd's for EVs source, see http://phoenixeaa.com/contacts/main.html After several searches for a direct NiCd source, I came across: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=aircraft+nicd+battery&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=aircraft+nicd+battery&_sacat=0 which lead to the (top) bottom line link I provided above. For as little as the fork lift is used, IMO NiCd seems the right way to go(choice). For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Alternatives-for-Golf-Cart-and-Forklift-batteries-tp4683592p4683614.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
