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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 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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