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Old 09-27-2009, 05:39 PM   #1224 (permalink)
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72V Range at 18 miles

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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
It seems like the range I get with my current set of 6 lead batteries is about 18 miles.
Battery Type: Lead-Acid, Gel
Hi Ben - I would say that (not knowing the size of your 12V Batteries) sounds pretty good range, but wanted to know - have you anything on the pack (I might have missed it in th thread) to monitor individual Batteries in the pack like a PakTrakr or PakTrakr Display with SD Card Reader/Writer for Data Logging?

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I ask - becasue I drove with just Voltmeter and Ammeter before they were installed - and the informaiton returned is quite different - and changes what I do and how I drive and how far I go on a charge, particularly when I start seeing one of the Batteries go south fast before the rest of the pack.

It used to be Battery #2, and now it is Battery #8 after one incident caused a serious pack drain - like parking the car and accidentally leaving the controller turned on for 2 -3 weeks!
Robert
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