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Old 11-27-2007, 02:21 PM   #368 (permalink)
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06-09-2007, 08:50 Pm

This evening I rotated the motor 90 degrees to move the terminals out of the way of the battery rack that will sit above it.

Didn't even have to remove it or the adapter plate - just unbolted the motor body from the drive end cap (which is bolted to the adapter plate), turned it 90 degrees and slid the bolts back in.

Currently I'm trying out another charger: a 10 amp 24v smart charger. 10 amps will be slow, particularly if we have to recharge the 48v pack in 2 halves!

Consider that if we drain down to 1/2 capacity, that's about 120 amp hours that need to be replaced (assuming newish, full capacity batts), or 12 hrs (not counting losses) @ 10A. And that's only half the pack. Hmmm.

Could split the pack and join in 2 parallel 24v strings for charging, but I wonder if the charger will work as well doing that. It specifically states "12 cells" on the specs plate, which is what four 6v batteries have.
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