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Old 11-16-2009, 08:08 PM   #271 (permalink)
watt-a-mezz
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Coldest day so far this season~40 degrees. It may be the cold that has brought my pack voltage down a 10th to 74.3v, with the lowest battery at 12.08v at the end of the day. Still pretty good though. I am anxious to throw the Exide Orbitals in, since they blow away every battery in my pack at 13.01v each as they sat from the auto parts store; of course, that doesn't mean they aren't totally dead, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. My California grown butt is waiting until it warms back up later this week to do the exchange of the Orbitals...
Sounds like Ohio. Gets cold here at night(26-33Deg).Just for the fun of it, I checked the two batteries I have, and they are still holding 26.3v without charging. Want to pair them up with 9 8v Sams club batteries. I bet if you hook those orbitals up and give them a overnight charge, they would wake right up. Any thoughts on how to hook up a mechanical Tachometer? Wanted to see if I could use the pulley on the front shaft. Watt

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