Fred, Just requesting a little clarification. You picked these up an auto store, so I'm assuming they're not meant to be deep cycled. Do you draw them down significantly when you run them, and if so have you had any issues with them?
Also, since you're running a 24V system with the two batteries in series, you still only have a 51AH capacity system, not 100 FYI =) On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Fred Thomson <f...@thomson-online.org>wrote: > > > > On Jun 11, 9:35 am, Suprtrpr17674 <suprtrpr17...@aol.com> wrote: > > The lower hull measures 5 feet by 2 feet 9 inches and its pretty > > heavy. I have everything to make it into a rolling chassis except the > > batteries. Does anybody have input on the best batteries to run to > > get maximum time? I plan on running a 24volt system with two 12volt > > batteries. > > > > I'm using two SBS60, 12v 51aH SLA batteries I picked up from Princess > Auto's surplus aisle. They drive my two MY1016Z3 -350W, 24v motors and > I get a fairly long runtime out of them. I've ran it around the test > site for 40 minutes continuos (read Hard) use. Having a monstrous > 100amp depth is really fantastic. The draw back is, and there is > always one, the weight. These puppies weigh in at 40lbs each. > > Cheers, > Fred > > > -- ---------- Donald Shankin Computer Engineering Undergrad Blue Marble Security Member IEEE Vice Chair, MTU Chapter NSBE Telecommunications Chair, MTU Chapter CAEL Partner (507) 301-2499 dtsha...@mtu.edu dshan...@gmail.com ---------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post to this group, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
