gavztheouch
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Hi all, I recently bought an electric forklift for use inside a farm shed. The truck itself is in good condition but the battery I think has been poorly maintained or just old. I think its about 15 years old.
Its a 48v battery bank of 2v lead acid cells with a capacity of around 24kw.
I have tried charging the battery and it does take about 50 amps at 50v or so but it will bubble quickly and continue bubbling once the charger has stopped charging. Even after a week of sitting uncharged I can still see and hear bubbles coming out of the water inside the battery? Im not sure if it can be saved? after googling the problem I can not find any information as to the reason for the bubbling after charge.
I am condsidering using some LiPo batteries instead of the lead acid. 1kwh of batteries should give me enough run time to get my jobs done but im not sure this is a good idea or not. I guess I would need to measure current draw from the original battery to get an idea if this is possible.
Many thanks
Gav
Its a 48v battery bank of 2v lead acid cells with a capacity of around 24kw.
I have tried charging the battery and it does take about 50 amps at 50v or so but it will bubble quickly and continue bubbling once the charger has stopped charging. Even after a week of sitting uncharged I can still see and hear bubbles coming out of the water inside the battery? Im not sure if it can be saved? after googling the problem I can not find any information as to the reason for the bubbling after charge.
I am condsidering using some LiPo batteries instead of the lead acid. 1kwh of batteries should give me enough run time to get my jobs done but im not sure this is a good idea or not. I guess I would need to measure current draw from the original battery to get an idea if this is possible.
Many thanks
Gav