Steve, I will let you know if I find someone on the East Coast who is interested in local pickup instead of shipping! Cor.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 2:03 AM Steve Gaarder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Thanks, Cor, for your commentary. I, at least, have never had a "hydrogen > experience" (great line!). > > I'm still trying to find homes for these - I'm moving to Vermont at the > end of April and would rather not take them with me. Any leads on people > who might be interested would be welcome. > > thanks, > > Steve Gaarder > > On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Cor van de Water wrote: > > > Steve, > > I did not know (and could not find) their rated capacity. > > A local EV'er liked to experiment with different pack chemistries, > > from lead-acid via NiMH (Prius packs) to flooded NiCds and at some > > point, over a decade ago, he acquired enough cells to fill the two > > sides of a US Electricar S10 truck with over 200 cells and ran it for > > a while. > > At some point he had a Hydrogen experience which is still visible in > > the bent-upwards bottom of the truck bed from the explosion in the > > sealed battery box, after vigorous charging and then a spark from the > > automotive relay that controlled the coil power to the dual Gigavac > > contactors... > > After finding a new cover for the battery box (under the bed) he made > > sure never to get another Hydrogen experience by adding two exhaust > > fans and two shrouded air inlets in the cover. > > Eventually he ended up selling the truck to someone near Santa Rosa > > who parked the truck, because he was not interested in driving an EV. > > He got it to apply for the EV credit on his electrical bill, which > > saved him big time. In 2021 I finally convinced that person to sell me > > that truck, with the dead BB-600 still in the battery box, so I now > > have a large number of those same cells and have managed to sell a few > > of them but it is slow going, despite that they are perfect for an > > electric mower/snow blower/tractor in northern (cold) areas, besides > > their other application in airplane starter batteries. > > Just to say that I like having a confirmation on the capacity and > > letting everyone know that there are more BB-600 cells out there, this > > set on the West coast. > > Note that I also have the nickel plated interconnects. > > Regards, > > Cor. > > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 11:02 AM Steve Gaarder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > wrote: > >> > >> I have a number of BB600 flooded Nickel-Cadmium batteries from an electric > >> car project. They are from John Lussmeyer's government surplus group buy. > >> They are rated at 34 AH, have low internal resistance, and can be safely > >> discharged down to zero. These cells tolerate cold well, and last a very > >> long time. I have been running my E-15 Elec-trak on 60 of them for many > >> years. > >> > >> The cells are assembled with nickel-plated interconnects into 9-cell > >> blocks and packed 2 blocks to a box; I have 7 boxes. I am asking $75 per > >> box of 18 cells, which works out to $4.17 per cell. They are in Ithaca, > >> NY; I may be able to deliver them to Albany NY or Burlington VT if you're > >> not in a hurry. > >> > >> Here's a photo: > >> https://gaarkates.smugmug.com/For-others/Forsale/n-PGvsZs/i-c6qcVDc/A > >> > >> Steve Gaarder > >> gaar...@ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields > >> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
