4 X12 = 6 X 8?
We have a 48 volt golf cart which sees very light use. Maybe two miles per week. The six 8 volt batteries are getting tired. I already have two group 27 12 volt Deep Cycle batteries and am asking i...
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It is important to make sure all batteries in a series string are equal in ampacity and there are two ways to do this...
Charge then load test each battery seperately, If say the load test calls for 250 amps loading for a 500 CCA battery, I would reject any battery that deviated by three tenths of a volt.
In operation, any battery at rest that deviates .3 volt from the rest of the string should be culled. One meaning single battery in a series or series parallel configuration can damage or destroy the remainder of the batteries given enough time.
Regarding ANY high priced battery: If the manufacturer dodges this question my advice is to move on, rapidly: "Is this battery made of virgin lead?
I can only assert that the flooded Rolls and Surrette car jar batteries are of virgin lead. They can be mistreated more than recycled Pb and successfully recovered. If you do not know how to recover a mistreated battery, virgin lead cost makes it a waste of time and money.
I have not been inside a battery since the group 34 Wal-Mart failed on me. And the visible porosity on the intercell straps, one of which failed, discouraged me from returning it for warranty -- that and a pimple faced youngster that insisted he knew more than I did about batteries.
Charge then load test each battery seperately, If say the load test calls for 250 amps loading for a 500 CCA battery, I would reject any battery that deviated by three tenths of a volt.
In operation, any battery at rest that deviates .3 volt from the rest of the string should be culled. One meaning single battery in a series or series parallel configuration can damage or destroy the remainder of the batteries given enough time.
Regarding ANY high priced battery: If the manufacturer dodges this question my advice is to move on, rapidly: "Is this battery made of virgin lead?
I can only assert that the flooded Rolls and Surrette car jar batteries are of virgin lead. They can be mistreated more than recycled Pb and successfully recovered. If you do not know how to recover a mistreated battery, virgin lead cost makes it a waste of time and money.
I have not been inside a battery since the group 34 Wal-Mart failed on me. And the visible porosity on the intercell straps, one of which failed, discouraged me from returning it for warranty -- that and a pimple faced youngster that insisted he knew more than I did about batteries.
