Elite4500

[Doby]

ELITE4500 ,,,,Does anyone have any experience with these cells ???

[JimClark]

I have heard not good things about them.

Jim

[SJFE]

I have herd positive and couple negative posts. One was a cell venting @ just over 40 amps and another post of one popping. It was on RCU a while back. It's like anything else I bet. Hell I had one of my oldest IB3600s go. I found it last night while dismantling a 7 cell pack I needed to drop down to 5. It happens.

[Doug Smock]

I have heard not good things about them.

Jim

Ditto

[boater76]

How do you know when cells vent etc?


Ken

[Darin Jordan]

How do you know when cells vent etc?


Ken

"Sizzle-Crack-Pop"... and the acid spewing out all over your hands is another sign...

The cells I've had vent hiss and you can see the top of the cell popped off or buldged, etc... It's pretty obvious when it happens...

[Jeepers]

Hmm!I just Pmd Steven Vaccaro about a venting cell and then I read this! I just picked up a pack of IB4200 last night and was charging it tonight (1st charge) when one of the cells started hissing!

[JimClark]

Thats why when I buy IB4200's I always buy a few extra cells to replace the bad ones and there will be bad cells.
Jim

Hmm!I just Pmd Steven Vaccaro about a venting cell and then I read this! I just picked up a pack of IB4200 last night and was charging it tonight (1st charge) when one of the cells started hissing!

[Doby]

Not a good sign

[Jeepers]

So far I have had good luck with 4200s (18 6 cell packs) this is the first time I have ever ran into one! I know this thread is about the elite 4500s. since there is good and bad remarks. how was the performance with them?

[Doby]

Im looking for peoples experiences with them . I am thinking of buying a few packs but want to hear some opinions first.

[Jeepers]

Doby, I to am curious about those 4500s but nobody seems to have any personel experience them that i have heard. But I did read that Brian Bauss set a record with the elite 3600s but thats it. may be Iwill do a search on RR to see.

[Darin Jordan]

But I did read that Brian Bauss set a record with the elite 3600s but thats it. may be Iwill do a search on RR to see.

We ran the 3600s last season... In fact... I had some packs of just about each variety, for each of my boats... so I was able to do some really good side-by-side comparisons...

The Elites were GREAT.... for about 6-cycles... Afterwhich they fell off RAPIDLY and just wouldn't perform... They got out of balance VERY easily and never really got their punch back...

The GP 4300s were "OK", but also not great... The best cells I had were the IP3800s and the IB4200 SC WC cells... thought they have their quality issues as well... The IB's seem to be holding up the best... Kind of wierd, I know, but that's been the case...