8 thoughts on “Same problem back then, waiting for the damn thing to charge.”
I wonder if they caught on fire back then as they do today?
Nope. Lead-acid batteries. The worst they will do is boil out the electrolyte.
Ask me how I know…
Lead acid batteries are pretty boring unless you drop a wrench across the two battery terminals. Nearly the same technology was used since 1859
Lithium batteries not so tame.
When working on the Tango (www.commutercars.com), we called a guy that did that, “Sparky”.
With the battery pack, we called the guy that shorted THAT out, “Plasma Boy”!
Again, ask me how I know…
And I saw the aftermath of A motor-generator set’s battery set being shorted out. It took the 3/4″ extention AND the socket and turned them to molten metal…
32 to 36 VDC at 50,000 Amps. Yes, 50,000 – NOT a misprint.
Sorry, forgot the closing HTML BOLD after the word “pack”. Can you fix that, Cederq? Please?
Were you able to light your cigar with it?
Let’s put it this way – the socket and extension bar DISAPPEARED!
There’s a good chance they were using nickle-iron batteries back then. As I remember you would have to change the electrolyte occasionally but they never wore out.
I wonder if they caught on fire back then as they do today?
Nope. Lead-acid batteries. The worst they will do is boil out the electrolyte.
Ask me how I know…
Lead acid batteries are pretty boring unless you drop a wrench across the two battery terminals. Nearly the same technology was used since 1859
Lithium batteries not so tame.
When working on the Tango (www.commutercars.com), we called a guy that did that, “Sparky”.
With the battery pack, we called the guy that shorted THAT out, “Plasma Boy”!
Again, ask me how I know…
And I saw the aftermath of A motor-generator set’s battery set being shorted out. It took the 3/4″ extention AND the socket and turned them to molten metal…
32 to 36 VDC at 50,000 Amps. Yes, 50,000 – NOT a misprint.
Sorry, forgot the closing HTML BOLD after the word “pack”. Can you fix that, Cederq? Please?
Were you able to light your cigar with it?
Let’s put it this way – the socket and extension bar DISAPPEARED!
There’s a good chance they were using nickle-iron batteries back then. As I remember you would have to change the electrolyte occasionally but they never wore out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery