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Re: [Fot] Battery ?

To: Bill Dentinger <billdentin@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Battery ?
From: Ponostyle via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:32:16 -0700
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Standard lead acid batteries don=E2=80=99t like vibration much. =
Fortunately our Triumphs are vibration-free. And yes, they don=E2=80=99t =
live long if they are routinely discharged to less than 50% of =
=E2=80=9Ccapacity=E2=80=9D. People get remarkably heated about decisions =
they=E2=80=99ve made about one chemistry or another. I shared some of my =
experiments on an Airstream forum and it=E2=80=99s a good thing it was =
online or I might have been lynched. I=E2=80=99m building a Tesla-based =
battery pack for Fritz, my remarkably stupid GMC Motor home project. =
Very spooky chemistry unless it=E2=80=99s very well controlled, and then =
it=E2=80=99s awesome. Charge to 4.15 volts per cell and it=E2=80=99s =
fine, charge to 4.2V and it catches fire and explodes. So yeah, don=E2=80=99=
t do that. Don=E2=80=99t drop matches into fuel tanks either.=20

No relevance to racing TR=E2=80=99s though.=20

> On Sep 16, 2019, at 7:02 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>=20
> In the 1990s we were going through batteries like toilet paper. Right =
or wrong we assumed =E2=80=98over charging=E2=80=99 was the cause. Then =
we started using trickle Tender chargers when ever the car was =
stationary for any length of time.  Our problems went away.
>=20
> We never did it, but that heavy wet cell battery can be located in the =
car in a position to help weight distribution.
>=20
> Bill Dentinger
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> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
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> On Sunday, September 15, 2019, Nick Black via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
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> Its time for some new electrons in the Duke of Oil (TR4A as named by =
Hardy's wife Ellie) and there should be something better than a heavy =
ole wetcell type. I know some of the Optima batts are popular, but what =
is the flavour du jour? And will it need some sort of special charger?
> OR
> Should I just go get another wetcell type?
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> Thoughts and considerations?
>=20
> Outta juice here in NorCal
> Nick
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">Standard lead acid batteries don=E2=80=99t like vibration =
much. Fortunately our Triumphs are vibration-free. And yes, they don=E2=80=
=99t live long if they are routinely discharged to less than 50% of =
=E2=80=9Ccapacity=E2=80=9D. People get remarkably heated about decisions =
they=E2=80=99ve made about one chemistry or another. I shared some of my =
experiments on an Airstream forum and it=E2=80=99s a good thing it was =
online or I might have been lynched. I=E2=80=99m building a Tesla-based =
battery pack for Fritz, my remarkably stupid GMC Motor home project. =
Very spooky chemistry unless it=E2=80=99s very well controlled, and then =
it=E2=80=99s awesome. Charge to 4.15 volts per cell and it=E2=80=99s =
fine, charge to 4.2V and it catches fire and explodes. So yeah, don=E2=80=99=
t do that. Don=E2=80=99t drop matches into fuel tanks either.&nbsp;<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">No relevance to racing =
TR=E2=80=99s though.&nbsp;<br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Sep 16, 2019, at 7:02 AM, =
Bill Dentinger via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">In the 1990s we were =
going through batteries like toilet paper. Right or wrong we assumed =
=E2=80=98over charging=E2=80=99 was the cause. Then we started using =
trickle&nbsp;Tender&nbsp;chargers when ever the car was stationary for =
any length of time. &nbsp;Our problems went away.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">We never did it, but that heavy wet =
cell battery can be located in the car in a position to help weight =
distribution.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Bill Dentinger<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
id=3D"__aol_mail_signature__" class=3D"">Sent from AOL Mobile Mail</div>

<br class=3D""><div class=3D"aolmail_replyHeader">
    On&nbsp;Sunday, September 15, 2019,&nbsp;Nick Black via =
Fot&nbsp;&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt;&nbsp;wrote:
</div><br class=3D"">
<blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 9px;padding:0 0 0 9px;" class=3D""><div =
id=3D"yiv5373151218" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"yiv5373151218yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">Its time for some new electrons in the Duke of Oil (TR4A as =
named by Hardy's wife Ellie) and there should be something better than a =
heavy ole wetcell type. I know some of the Optima batts are popular, but =
what is the flavour du jour? And will it need some sort of special =
charger?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">OR<br class=3D"">Should I just =
go get another wetcell type?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Thoughts and =
considerations?</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Outta juice here in NorCal</div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">Nick</div></div></div></div>___________________________________=
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