Well
that's just about as far as we have got with the
batteries for now, they are on the garage floor.
The next stage is to build the battery box which
will protect the batteries and allow for
ventilation. I have decided to keep the batteries
in the corner of the garage with the 2 garage
walls making up the 2 sides of the battery box. To be continued ......
UPDATE
OK I have now got
the batteries into the corner of the garage. I
dusted down and scraped the floor, then laid out
2 lots of carpet tiles (thanks Ian), and put a
piece of ply on top. Julie helped me move the
batteries over to the corner with the aid of the
sack truck. You have to really take your time
when doing this, if the battery fell over it
would be a disaster.
Once in position
the batteries (or cells to be correct) were wired
up with pre-made connecting leads to make a 12
volt battery. The connection leads are huge,
thicker than a broom handle, but you cannot
scrimp when you are dealing with large currents
at low voltage.
I checked the
voltage of each cell and they were all at 2.1
volts, perfect. Once the battery was wired up it
measured 12.6, nearly a full charge so I was
pretty pleased.
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1900lb of batteries - 3500 Ah will
it be enough ?
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