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Old forklift batteries | 13 comments (13 topical, editorial)
Re: Old forklift batteries (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by Simen on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 12:22:42 AM MST
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Now it's 8 in the morning here in Norway; the load has been on for 22hrs, and the bank are down to 12.22v. :)

Should i let the load stay on until the voltage are down to 11.9v? (The inverter i'm using, will shutdown by itself at 10.5v) In other words: when should i consider the bank 'empty'?



Re: Old forklift batteries (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by dnix71 (yahoo.com 'dnix71') on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:18:00 PM MST
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The plates will hard sulfate if the voltage stays below 12.2 for long.

Forklift batteries are made to be fully charged each day, so don't run yours down and leave them.

Discharged to 12.3v should be low enough for a safe load test.

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Old forklift batteries | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial)

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