The "battery pack" is a steel box 13" wide, 21" tall and 37" deep. It has what look like twelve 5 3/4" X 6 1/4" X 21" "batteries" connected together with heavy lead connectors. There's also a watering system connecting to each of the "batteries". I have no clue if each of these "batteries" is really 21" tall since they are in the steel box. All of these "batteries" are connected positive to negative.
Any idea where I can get info on testing the individual cells? I was told that an electrical engineer was considering buying the forklift to resell and he was going to test the cells before he agreed to buy the forklift. For his intent, he would obviously require a fully functioning battery pack. As you mentioned, I don't have that requirement. My main challenge will be keeping the thing charged between infrequent uses. Luckily the charger seems to be fully automatic so I think I can just leave the thing plugged in constantly between uses. Regards, Jack > On Jan 4, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Lee Hart <leeah...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > via EV wrote: >> I would be shocked if my duty cycle was ever more than an hour or two. > > In that case, you don't really need a brand-new industrial-strength battery. > They are built to work for 8 hours a day, day in and day out, for 10-20 > years. But (as you know), they also cost thousands of dollars. > > First, I would test the battery you've got. It might be weak, but usable. It > might only have one bad cell (individual cells can be replaced in industrial > batteries). > > If it's too far gone to bother with, recycle it. 6v golf cart batteries are > the most economical replacement. Since you have a 12v pack, you need at least > two. However, they won't be happy delivering the high current you're likely > to draw. So, I would use 4 or 6 of them (whatever fits mechanically). You > will probably have to build a rack to stack them to fit in the space where > the old battery sat. Wire the golf cart batteries in series pairs for 12v, > then these pairs in parallel. > > 4 or 6 golf cart batteries will also work better with the charger you've got, > and will add enough weight so the lift won't be as likely to tip over with a > heavy load. > > -- > Teaching children to program goes against the grain of modern education. > Just imagine the chaos if they learned to think logically, plan, create, > implement, test, and execute! > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.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)
