Battery notes on Taylor Dunn re-power with Chevy Volt Lithium batteries
Channel: Reid Allaway
Date: 2017-04-16

Here's a bit more detail about the installation of the Lithium battery I used to repower our old Taylor Dunn cart, affectionately known as Bob.  The battery is made up of two 12 "cell" modules and two 6 "cell" modules from a scrapyard Chevrolet Volt battery pack.

If you choose to use a battery like this please DO YOUR HOMEWORK and don't screw around.   You could melt a substantial wrench across the contacts or kill yourself with an accidental short-circuit on this type of battery (search YouTube for more info on both of these activities).  That said, it makes an aging electric warehouse cart act downright sprightly if you get it all right.

Video and tinkering by Reid Allaway, Tourne-Sol Co-operative farm, les Cèdres, Québec.
www.fermetournesol.qc.ca