<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Standard lead acid batteries don’t like vibration much. Fortunately our Triumphs are vibration-free. And yes, they don’t live long if they are routinely discharged to less than 50% of “capacity”. People get remarkably heated about decisions they’ve made about one chemistry or another. I shared some of my experiments on an Airstream forum and it’s a good thing it was online or I might have been lynched. I’m building a Tesla-based battery pack for Fritz, my remarkably stupid GMC Motor home project. Very spooky chemistry unless it’s very well controlled, and then it’s awesome. Charge to 4.15 volts per cell and it’s fine, charge to 4.2V and it catches fire and explodes. So yeah, don’t do that. Don’t drop matches into fuel tanks either. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">No relevance to racing TR’s though. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 16, 2019, at 7:02 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">In the 1990s we were going through batteries like toilet paper. Right or wrong we assumed ‘over charging’ was the cause. Then we started using trickle Tender chargers when ever the car was stationary for any length of time. Our problems went away.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We never did it, but that heavy wet cell battery can be located in the car in a position to help weight distribution.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill Dentinger<br class=""><br class=""><div id="__aol_mail_signature__" class="">Sent from AOL Mobile Mail</div>
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On Sunday, September 15, 2019, Nick Black via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 9px;padding:0 0 0 9px;" class=""><div id="yiv5373151218" class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv5373151218yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" class="">Its time for some new electrons in the Duke of Oil (TR4A as named by Hardy's wife Ellie) and there should be something better than a heavy ole wetcell type. I know some of the Optima batts are popular, but what is the flavour du jour? And will it need some sort of special charger?</div><div dir="ltr" class="">OR<br class="">Should I just go get another wetcell type?</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Thoughts and considerations?</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Outta juice here in NorCal</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Nick</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""><a ymailto="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive </a><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/billdentin@aol.com" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/billdentin@aol.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">http://www.fot-racing.com<br class=""><br class="">Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br class="">Archive: http://autox.team.net/archive http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/bill@ponostyle.com<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>