We had a few "failures" in the UPS at work, so we had to get new modules to replace the bad ones. Everything was out of warranty, so there was no return on the old modules being taken out. After a moment's discussion, I walked by and overheard them talking about it. I piped up that I'd take them, and now that the new ones are in place I'm slowly bringing the old, "bad" modules home (not all at once because I don't want to super-kill MPG :P ).
I told them what my plans were for them, and they laughed and called me crazy, but let me have 'em.
So, now I'm the proud owner of EIGHT APC brand UPS modules.
In each of the eight modules, there are EIGHT individual SLABs (Sealed Lead Acid Batteries).
So, I now have SIXTY-FOUR (!!!) batteries to play with!
Some of them may be bad, but I bet most of 'em are good.
I took one apart tonight to see how they were configured. Sticker on the outside said 96V, 7.2Ah. Opening one up, I found this:
So they're set up as 12Vx8, single depth. That makes them 7.2Ah each. Which works out to:
460.8Ah @ 12V
230.4Ah @ 24V
151.2Ah @ 36V (1 spare)
115.2Ah @ 48V
57.6Ah @ 96V
Is it big enough to do anything with?
We have a Go-kart with no motor...