Greetings!
Some of you may remember that several months ago, I bought a couple batteries from electric pallet trucks. These are the 12 volt 500 A/hr wet cells.
Well, now I am thinking that they would be much easier to deal with if I took the cells out of the steel boxes. The complete packs each weigh 510 pounds. I'm estimating that the steel box alone, weights over 100 pounds, which means that each 2 volt cell weights less then 70 pounds. 70 pounds would be much easier to handle, and I have a use in mind for one of the empty steel boxes, a counter weight for the front end loader on my tractor.
Does anybody here know how to disassemble forklift battery packs?
I could haul them back my forklift dealer. He said they would reconfigure them for me, but that's a big job, to load them and haul them around.
Then I can build racks to hold the 2 volt cells.
Also, does it hurt to have a string of 6 2volt cells, (making 12 volts) and then hang 2 or 3 more 2 volt cells off the side in parallel, to up the A/hr capacity? What do I need to watch or keep in mind when I do that?
Thanks!
Brian