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by DrBill
Thu May 21, 2015 2:15 pm
Forum: Chat Room
Topic: Ham Radio
Replies: 4
Views: 11358

Re: Ham Radio

If there is enough interest in the topic I will happily add another forum. I am not talking about it much because I need to take the test. Have had a long hard winter and did not study at all this year as I had planned to. The Gordon West Technician Handbook is probably the easiest way to study and...
by DrBill
Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Battery info needed
Replies: 5
Views: 15569

Re: Battery info needed

Tractor sitting a month or more not running is big part of the problem.
Good'O' on the solar maintainer.
by DrBill
Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Ultra Capacitor Main Bank
Replies: 3
Views: 19413

Re: Ultra Capacitor Main Bank

This is very interesting technology. The biggest thing preventing me from jumping into it is the up front cost as yo mentioned. I am also not sure how capacitors handle a slow discharge in normal operation. I know they can deliver all of their charge in a moment. Maybe one day the price will drop s...
by DrBill
Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: New Forkliftbatteries
Replies: 10
Views: 42151

Re: New Forkliftbatteries

Hi Troy ! I'm a certified car electrician and experienced forklift engineer from Germany. If you can give me the make and specs of the batterie I can send you a Electrolyte Circulation System and a AquaGen® premium.top system . These Systems can expand the lifetime and Ah output. I also would to re...
by DrBill
Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Battery info needed
Replies: 5
Views: 15569

Re: Battery info needed

Sounds to me that your battery is cooked. Tell me, did you check the specific gravity yet? Try the desulfator, if it does not work then a new battery is called for. Also, you might want to keep the new battery on a solar maintainer maybe a single Harbor Freight panel. I use a 20 watt panel on my dee...
by DrBill
Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:38 pm
Forum: Chat Room
Topic: Welcome to the new chat room
Replies: 129
Views: 1275236

Re: Welcome to the new chat room

Chickens love Banana Flowers too. We had lotsa them in Hawai'i.
by DrBill
Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: Chat Room
Topic: Welcome to the new chat room
Replies: 129
Views: 1275236

Re: Welcome to the new chat room

The nuts in the video looks like Macadamia nuts which are indigenous to Australia. In most tropical countries we have been in during the warm months the insect sounds are amplified. What will you be doing on Christmas Day? Macadamia nuts can be found growing on their farms on the Big Island of Hawa...
by DrBill
Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:36 pm
Forum: Chat Room
Topic: Moving the new fork lift batteries
Replies: 6
Views: 16091

Re: Moving the new fork lift batteries

The way you did it worked out just fine.