My son and his young daughter are big time into this. They've turned
Barbie jeeps into 4 wheel drive monsters. The multiple battery thing
can lead to cooking the motors or controls just because you CAN run them
for longer than design times between charges. If your machine has an
overtemp cutout, you may be okay in putting multiple batteries in there,
but don't be surprised if the young'un still has to sit around while the
circuitry cools.


I, too, would stick with gel cells designed for deep cycle operation,
unless you think this is a short lived fad for the kids.


Pete Stanaitis
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SteveB wrote:
My grandkids have an electric atv. The battery is kaflooey, and I need to
get another. It is a 12v. 8ah, and says cautions on battery acid. So,
apparently, it is an acid battery. It is pretty much sealed. It is approx.
2.5"w x 4"h x 6"l. I was wondering if I could just get a battery like is
used in atvs or motorcycles or such and use that, giving it more riding
time. These can be put in two at a time if properly connected. Not sure +
to - or + to +, but the directions will have that. Do you think that would
be too much battery?

Steve