Re: Alternative energy

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:34:50 -0800, Uncle Al <UncleAl0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"mike.p" wrote:

I have recently acquired an electric scooter which I would like to use
as local transportation.
My problem is it has four rechargeable 12v batteries all hooked up
together in its chassis and
I need to find a way to charge them with out spending a ton of dough
on a 48v power converter.
Does any one have any ideas on where I could look to figure this
out.Thanks.

Series/parallel switch. Charge in parallel and discharge in series.
Where will you get a 12V charger with the necessary amperage? Deep
discharge and sizzle recharge destroys the average 12V lead acid
battery - the EV-1 E*L*E*C*T*R*I*C car joke. Marine deep discharge
cells do better.

Uh, let me be the first to heartily disrecommend putting two or more
partially discharged lead-acid batteries in parallel.

--
Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank.]
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