[EVDL] trojan dealer

Steve Clunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle Dansie"
>
>> It all depends on who the Trojan dealer is. Some are good and some are
>> downright sleazy. The one in SLC Utah is sleazy. Stay away from
>> Standard battery on Redwood road.
>
> or maybe new to the EV world , I sell parts and in the past have taken
> quite a beating from people using them the wrong way . I have to sell
> 10 orders to cover one customer mistake just to brake even.
>>
>> The problem that I had with Trojan was on my motorcycle. The first set
>> of batteries I bought were Costco "Deep Cycle" group 24 batteries.
>> That set lasted about 500 mile.
>
> Its common knowledge that deep cycle batteries don't do good as EV
> batteries , why did you do this? I could see that the Costco sales
> boy probably didn't know it and his boss probably didn't know it , so
> you bought the wrong battery and when it didn't work Costco payed the
> price ,, and I'll bet they still don't know what the problem was.
>
> I returned them to the local Costco
>> and they gave me a full cash refund. I told them thank you very much
>> and drove to the local Trojan dealer cash in hand.
>
> On to your second victim.
>>
>> I told the Trojan dealer that I wanted the best deep cycle battery
>> they had and I needed it in a group 24 format.
>
> More deep cycle batteries ..
>
>
> I also told them I was
>> installing them in an electric motorcycle.
>
> This is the part where you feel you covered your self . If I go into a
> gun shop and say I want bullets for deer hunting and then put them in
> my home made zip gun which blows up in my face while shooting at a
> dear , did I cover my self , should I get a refund.
>
> They sold me a set of
>> batteries and the receipt
> said 48 month warranty. Fine I went home and
>> installed the batteries. 18 months later and the Trojans were junk.
>
> Are you still thinking Deep cycle batteries for your EV?
>
> My
>> 45 mile range had dropped to about 15 miles. I told them I wanted some
>> new batteries. They told me to get lost.
>>
> Probably a different person. Some one who knew you had the wrong
> batteries .. and this is who people who sell stuff need to be so
> careful .
>
>> Trojan batteries installed in an EV do not have a warranty period. Do
>> not take my word for it, call the Trojan factory and ask them.>
>> I argued with the store manager for about an hour before I left the
>> batteries sitting on the dock and drove away. Next day I called the
>> Trojan factory. Same story.
>
> And what was that story ,, You asked for the wrong battery and were
> unhappy with their performance.
>
>>
>> The Toyota truck was built BEFORE this happened with my motorcycle. If
>> I had it to do over again I would buy Lithium batteries instead of
>> floodies.
>
> Well lets hope you do more research on Lithium's than you did on Deep
> cycle batteries.
> I may seem a little heartless here, but as a business trying to stay
> afloat, with people that buy stuff and then break it because they
> didn't hook it up right and want me to replace it ,, you guys are
> killing me . Personally I don't know how the big guys do it .
>
>>
>> Right now I just hope this pack will last me long enough for the Leaf
>> to get here and then I will be selling the Toyota pickup.
>
> Steve Clunn
>
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>>
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> KJD
>> http://www.evalbum.com/3175
>>
>>
>
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Peter Gabrielsson wrote:
> Deep cycle batteries aren't good for EVs??? That's news to me, I
> thought deep cycle batteries are exactly what you're supposed to use,
> if you have to use lead.

The problem is that "deep cycle" isn't a defined measurement like
"volts". It's more of a marketing term -- it means whatever the salesman
wants it to mean (like "natural" foods).

A "deep cycle" means discharging the battery until it is dead, and then
charging it back up again. Every battery can be deep-cycled at least
once. But the important thing is *how many times* can you deep cycle
it before it's worn out? The salesmen don't like to mention this!

A plain old car starting battery will be worn out by a dozen or so deep
discharge cycles. A "marine" or "RV" battery might last a hundred. A
"deep cycle" marine/RV battery might last a couple hundred. A golf cart
battery will last 500 or more cycles. The big industrial forklift
traction batteries are good for thousands of deep cycles.

Many EVers buy 12v marine/RV "deep cycle" batteries, and are dismayed to
find that they only last a year. But if you drive and charge each day,
that's 365 cycles in a year. If the pack barely has enough power to
provide the needed range, you are deep-cycling it every day. No wonder
they're shot!

BCI (Battery Council International) has defined test methods for
measuring the deep cycle life. Sometimes you can find this data on the
battery manufacturer's data sheet. A typical test for a 12v battery is:

a. Fully charge the battery.
b. Connect a 25 amp load until the voltage falls to 10.5v.
c. Compute amphours delivered (i.e. 25 amps x 2 hours = 50 amphours).
d. Repeat a-c until the battery's amphour capacity falls below 80%
of its advertised value.

Since a battery is still pretty good even when its capacity has fallen
to 80% of new, this test gives fairly conservative numbers. Thus the
manufacturers like to spin-doctor it to produce higher numbers for
advertising purposes.

The other "trick" is to use enough batteries so your normal trips only
use about half your battery's amphour capacity. Batteries last over four
times longer if only half discharged. This has the effect of doubling
the total miles you get out of your pack. Also, your EV can still do its
normal trips even when the battery's capacity has fallen to half, so you
can keep using an old pack even longer.
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