Subj : Rebuilding Battery Packs
To   : Elvis Hargrove
From : Matt Mc_Carthy
Date : Sun Oct 01 2000 05:25 pm

01 Oct 2000, 09:22, Elvis Hargrove (1:397/6.2), wrote to Jim Holsonback:

Hi Elvis.

 EH> Get yourself a BIG capacitor. 25Kufd or bigger, fifty volts is 
 EH> enough rating. (25 would do)

I used to use 36Kufd @ 35V.

 EH> (OBSERVE POLARITY!!) and after the initial CRACK it shouldn't do 
 EH> much.

Yep, but you contradicted that below...   :-)

 EH> Good luck and take care. Don't LEAVE them across the ZAPPER over 
 EH> a second or two. I've never had one, but I'm told they could 
 EH> explode if you force charged them.

After the initial CRACK, there's not much left in the zapper, unless your model 
has the B+ permanently connected.  Mine had a two position switch, Charge - 
Zap.

After a few years though, I gave that up and went to direct zapping from a 12V 
car battery.  You gotta wipe that cable FAST and FIRM though, as it tries to 
weld itself to the cell, and they HEAT _very_ fast that way!!!


     M.

--- Msged/386 TE 06 (pre)
 * Origin: Matt's Hot Solder Point, New Orleans, LA (1:396/1.4)

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