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They are free to me, as I'm the mechanic at a railroad museum. The downside is they have been sitting awhile. They still have say 10-20 volts on most of them. I'm going to pull one out and put it on a desulfinator, and charge it slow to see if I can get it to come up. They aren't dried out either, a little low, but still above the plates.
There are 24 total, so I figure the odds of finding 3 good ones are good. I don't know if they even have a data tag on them. They are under electric self propelled Canadian coaches, like big trolley cars powered from an overhead line. In this application they were used to stablize the 64 volts (2 batteries in series for a 64v set, then 4 sets in parallel for 64volts, times 2 per car. 8 batteries per car.) for the cars interior lighting, control circuits, pantograph motors, and air compressor. (huge DC motor with a 150cfm compressor on it.) The cars were built in the 1950s but I don't think the batteries are nearly that old.
I was up at the museum yesterday, but forgot my camera. I may go back up today or tomorrow to look and pull one out.
I was looking up the postal jeeps info, says it has a curb weight of 2,200lbs (998kg) can't find a GVWR though... I also found a couple of pictures of a jeep just like it converted in Canada... (is it a sign? Canadian batteries...)
There are 24 total, so I figure the odds of finding 3 good ones are good. I don't know if they even have a data tag on them. They are under electric self propelled Canadian coaches, like big trolley cars powered from an overhead line. In this application they were used to stablize the 64 volts (2 batteries in series for a 64v set, then 4 sets in parallel for 64volts, times 2 per car. 8 batteries per car.) for the cars interior lighting, control circuits, pantograph motors, and air compressor. (huge DC motor with a 150cfm compressor on it.) The cars were built in the 1950s but I don't think the batteries are nearly that old.
I was up at the museum yesterday, but forgot my camera. I may go back up today or tomorrow to look and pull one out.
I was looking up the postal jeeps info, says it has a curb weight of 2,200lbs (998kg) can't find a GVWR though... I also found a couple of pictures of a jeep just like it converted in Canada... (is it a sign? Canadian batteries...)
