- 1. Battery Life (score: 1)
- Author: Derek <dereklola@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT)
- Any battery experts out there? Is my race car battery about to give up? It's a Hawker Energy SBS-30 (Sealed Battery System) now about 3 years old. Has always been trickle charged with a "battery tend
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00048.html (8,991 bytes)
- 2. RE: Battery Life (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:04:48 -0700
- That's mostly a myth, and applies to nickel-cadmium cells, not lead-acid. Nope, lead-acid cells hate that. According to Hawker's data sheet http://www.hepi.com/documents/sbs_spec.pdf discharging bel
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00049.html (9,303 bytes)
- 3. Re: Battery Life (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 04:11:11 -0500
- Derek..... Lead acid battery's aren't known for memory... the NiCad's have that characteristic.... Okay now you said it was a Race car.... I assume it's got a Race car ignition? Fan? Coil system? few
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00050.html (10,830 bytes)
- 4. Re: Battery Life (score: 1)
- Author: "William Engle, Sr." <whesr@iglou.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:43:55 -0400
- I am no battery expert, but I have found that the rechargeable battery jumper boxes sold at Harbor Freight, etc. for as little as $39 have the same (yes exactly the same) battery as sold by the race
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00054.html (10,069 bytes)
- 5. RE: Battery Life (score: 1)
- Author: Derek <dereklola@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:25:29 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks to all who replied. Summary below. Lead/acid batteries do not have memory (only NiCads). Discharging lead/acid batteries below 9V or so is bad and will reduce ability to fully recharge - may s
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00056.html (8,074 bytes)
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