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From: "Scott Landon" <js_landon@ho*.co*>
To: ScottBonis@ao*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com, cavers@ca*.co*
Subject: Re: Scooter battery connections
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:16:54 GMT
somebody please tell me that this is a fake.


>From: ScottBonis@ao*.co*
>To: techdiver@aquanaut.com, cavers@ca*.co*
>Subject: Scooter battery connections
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:28:48 EDT
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>I'm looking for experience or opinions on an idea before I take off half
>cocked and possibly do something dumb.
>
>In exploring new a cave, it looks like my buddy and I may be overreaching 
>the
>limits of the battery capacity of the Mako's we'll be using.  I'm thinking 
>of
>using a 3/4 inch aluminum plate in the nose of the scooters so we can drill
>and tap holes for water tight electrical pass throughs.  The wires from the
>motor and the battery would be brought outside the scooter body and 
>connected
>together with a wet mate connector.
>
>This is so when the battery gets too low, I could hook the batteries from a
>light canister onto the motor and keep on going.  The motor is set for 24
>volts and I could easily wire the two batteries in a waist canister in
>series.  The Mako batteries are 17 Amp-hours @ 24 volts and each waist
>canister would be an additional 7 Amp-hours @ 24 volts.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks for your time.  Take care and safe diving,       Scott

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