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)
