[ausev] Cold weather and lead acid batteries

[Brian Lasseter]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Ken Thomas <kenscircus at aol.com> wrote:
> All 25' of the resistance wire was snaked around the batteries.  The
> batteries are split into two compartments so a thermostat is installed
> in series with each section of resistance wire.  Each compartment gets
> 1/2 of the 25' but it is all wired in series.  So, either thermostat
> will turn the whole thing off.

Very neat.  I'll have to look into that.  Keeping mine in the garage
helps quite a bit.   I found I still had half of my range on the
morning where it was 31.5 degrees on the thermometer when I woke up.
The other trick I've been trying is do my charging in the morning to
keep the batteries warmed by their own resistance.


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TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

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