I would be shocked if my duty cycle was ever more than an hour or two. Regards,
Jack > On Jan 4, 2017, at 3:44 PM, 63urban <63ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is your duty cycle required for the jobs you plan to do? The new oem > batteries are meant to last an 8 hr shift. If you only need about an hr at a > time you might be able to find much cheaper options. > > Nick > > > > Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jack Wendel via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Date: 2017-01-04 2:54 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: EVDL Administrator <evp...@drmm.net>, Electric Vehicle Discussion List > <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Subject: [EVDL] Forklift Battery Options? > > I just purchased a used Yale order picker electric forklift for use on > paved surfaces. I came with a large charger as well. I was told that the > batteries will only hold a charge for about 15 minutes. So I have a few > questions: > > 1) What are my options for battery replacement? I was told that a > replacement lead acid battery pack is "about $3000". I am wondering if > there might be a better and cheaper option than to simply replace the > battery pack with the same. Specifically I am wondering about using > batteries similar to what I would use with an EV. I realize that I will > likely have to add weight to offset the lighter and denser replacement > batteries. > > The current battery pack is an Exide Ironclad Deserthog. I think I saw the > weight listed as 1100 lbs. I see a serial number but not a model number. If > it helps, the Serial Number is RDD299815. > > How would I go about assessing the condition of the existing battery pack? > Is it possible to determine if only some of the cells are bad and > economically replace only those bad cells? > > 2) Charger. The charger is a Hobart model 1R12 - 550 that is a large box. > The tag has the following data: > > Specs: 5061C - 1 > No. Circuits: 1 > Battery type: LA > Cells: 12 > AH: 451 - 550 > > AC input > Volts: 208/240/480 > PH: 1 > Max Amps: 24/22/11 > Hz: 60 > > DC Output Per Circuit > Volts: 24 > Max Amps: 115 > > Can I just add a 220 circuit to my existing breaker-box to use this > charger? > Can I use this charger to charge an EV when I finally build one? > > Can I use this forklift/battery/charger to learn more about EVs? I don't > really want to take the motor out and use it for an EV directly because I > bought the forklift to use in moving stuff around the driveway. But, if I > did, would this motor work for that? > > Let me know if you need any additional information to provide answers. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170104/e6eb4e0e/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170104/4c419112/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
