AAA batteries

[John L. Mickevich]

I might be needing a new battery shortly. Does anyone know if the AAA
batteries are dependable?

Thanx,

John

 

[hawkeye18]

I assume you mean a car battery from the car towing/sundry company, not a AAA-sized battery, as one is just as likely to be dependable as any other brand, and the other will probably not provide enough power to crank the starter.

 

[RonPorter]

I assume you mean a car battery from the car towing/sundry company, not a AAA-sized battery, as one is just as likely to be dependable as any other brand, and the other will probably not provide enough power to crank the starter.

Well, if you have enough of 'em.......

 

[hawkeye18]

Well, if you have enough of 'em.......

You'd pretty much have to have another SHO full of 'em.

 

[John L. Mickevich]

I assume you mean a car battery from the car towing/sundry company, not a AAA-sized battery, as one is just as likely to be dependable as any other brand, and the other will probably not provide enough power to crank the starter.

Yeah, lol, gotta watch the syntax(?). During the winter, because of home duties, blizzards, a faulty crank sensor, the sho didn't get driven too much
and I had to jump it about (4) or (5) times. Before starting it up on Saturdays, battery voltage reads about 11.4 volts, usually starts though.
But when I didn't use it for abut (2) weeks, the battery voltage dropped down to 9.5 volts. So I figure time for a new battery.

John

 

[mechjames]

You'd need at least 80 AAA batteries to get about 120 V AC, at which point you might have been able to invert it to DC somehow, but it would just run your accessories, wouldn't have the cranking power to start the car. I kid.

Regarding your real battery, if you or someone you know has one of those new digital intelligent chargers, they can usually detect a sulphulated battery and apply a charging process to bring it back. I have brought back batteries found in parking lots and the side of the road with mine, after leaving it on my digi-charger over night, they crank and hold a charge fine.

 

[hawkeye18]

Assuming a voltage of 1.5vDC and a discharge capacity of about 750mAh, it'd take 8 AAAs in series to provide 12vDC (I don't know where you're getting all this AC voltage from a DC battery...), and 400 packs of 8 AAAs to provide enough current capacity to turn a starter for more than a second. This means 3,200 AAA batteries. At 11.5 grams a piece, that's about 81 pounds of AAAs, which might not seem like a whole lot, but would require about the equivalent of 400 gallons of space. Since your fuel tank holds 18.6 gallons, I think the size of the cabin would be just about enough to hold them all, assuming all the seats are removed, and there is some incredible wiring going on.

 

[RonPorter]

Assuming a voltage of 1.5vDC and a discharge capacity of about 750mAh, it'd take 8 AAAs in series to provide 12vDC (I don't know where you're getting all this AC voltage from a DC battery...), and 400 packs of 8 AAAs to provide enough current capacity to turn a starter for more than a second. This means 3,200 AAA batteries. At 11.5 grams a piece, that's about 81 pounds of AAAs, which might not seem like a whole lot, but would require about the equivalent of 400 gallons of space. Since your fuel tank holds 18.6 gallons, I think the size of the cabin would be just about enough to hold them all, assuming all the seats are removed, and there is some incredible wiring going on.

And then if one in the middle goes bad....

You young 'uns wouldn't remember, but Martin Mull had a TV show in the 70s called Fernwood 2 Night. One guest was a guy who made an electric car from an old VW. It wouldn't start, so he opened the front trunk, and it was loaded with something like "D" cell batteries. He then proceeded to take out a small battery checker, and started checking them one by one....

 

[firebat45]

You'd need at least 80 AAA batteries to get about 120 V AC, at which point you might have been able to invert it to DC somehow, but it would just run your accessories, wouldn't have the cranking power to start the car. I kid.

Regarding your real battery, if you or someone you know has one of those new digital intelligent chargers, they can usually detect a sulphulated battery and apply a charging process to bring it back. I have brought back batteries found in parking lots and the side of the road with mine, after leaving it on my digi-charger over night, they crank and hold a charge fine.

Say what? At what point of chaining together 80 AAA batteries do you start getting AC voltage? :wave: