Can this happen???? [RE-wrenches]

[Dana Orzel]

<should have walked away- but that's another story>.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Holt Kelly" <hkelly6 at msn.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:33 PM
Subject: Can this happen???? [RE-wrenches]


> Scenario:
>  -Sunrise pump, 4-6v battery bank -golf cart (24v), home owner installed 
> all but pump(wince).
>  -While prepping pump to drop, noticed home owner making several trips 
> to pump house with 1 gal. jugs of water. ("yup, they are bone dry"). My 
> guess is for atleast 6 mos. but not sure.
>  -Found 1 battery to have hole in it. ("Uncle Gus has some new ones, 
> I'll be back in an hour".) Instructs me to go ahead and drop the pump 
> <should have walked away- but that's another story>.
>  -Home owner "slam dunks" battery charging. About 1 hr. on 20a a/c 
> charger. 
>  -I recommend to check with battery mfg. about charge rate and mixing 
> new w/ old.("They're OK. Read 25.4v across the lugs")
>  -Pump at 175', static is 132'
>  -Pump runs for about 20 seconds and stops. 
>  -Meter reads no continuity between pump conductors. 
>  -Was told by industrial electrician that it is *possible* for battery 
> banks like this one to have sudden voltage drop and current spike that 
> would blow a 10k resistor. Can this happen? Any other ideas? 
>   
> 
> 
> Holt E. Kelly
> Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products
> Waco, TX.
> 
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