Steve, I did not know (and could not find) their rated capacity. A local EV'er liked to experiment with different pack chemistries, from lead-acid via NiMH (Prius packs) to flooded NiCds and at some point, over a decade ago, he acquired enough cells to fill the two sides of a US Electricar S10 truck with over 200 cells and ran it for a while. At some point he had a Hydrogen experience which is still visible in the bent-upwards bottom of the truck bed from the explosion in the sealed battery box, after vigorous charging and then a spark from the automotive relay that controlled the coil power to the dual Gigavac contactors... After finding a new cover for the battery box (under the bed) he made sure never to get another Hydrogen experience by adding two exhaust fans and two shrouded air inlets in the cover. Eventually he ended up selling the truck to someone near Santa Rosa who parked the truck, because he was not interested in driving an EV. He got it to apply for the EV credit on his electrical bill, which saved him big time. In 2021 I finally convinced that person to sell me that truck, with the dead BB-600 still in the battery box, so I now have a large number of those same cells and have managed to sell a few of them but it is slow going, despite that they are perfect for an electric mower/snow blower/tractor in northern (cold) areas, besides their other application in airplane starter batteries. Just to say that I like having a confirmation on the capacity and letting everyone know that there are more BB-600 cells out there, this set on the West coast. Note that I also have the nickel plated interconnects. Regards, Cor.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 11:02 AM Steve Gaarder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I have a number of BB600 flooded Nickel-Cadmium batteries from an electric > car project. They are from John Lussmeyer's government surplus group buy. > They are rated at 34 AH, have low internal resistance, and can be safely > discharged down to zero. These cells tolerate cold well, and last a very > long time. I have been running my E-15 Elec-trak on 60 of them for many > years. > > The cells are assembled with nickel-plated interconnects into 9-cell > blocks and packed 2 blocks to a box; I have 7 boxes. I am asking $75 per > box of 18 cells, which works out to $4.17 per cell. They are in Ithaca, > NY; I may be able to deliver them to Albany NY or Burlington VT if you're > not in a hurry. > > Here's a photo: > https://gaarkates.smugmug.com/For-others/Forsale/n-PGvsZs/i-c6qcVDc/A > > Steve Gaarder > gaar...@ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
