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1.3 Battery and cable requirements
For proper function of the tail lift the electrical system needs to be sized per the following:
Item 12V 24V
Minimumbatterycapacity(I
min
) 140Ah N/A
Minimum voltage during operation (U
min
) 9V N/A
Cross sectional area of power cable, length up
to 8m
25mm
2
N/A
Cross sectional area of power cable, length
8-15m
35mm
2
N/A
Cross sectional area of power cable, length
over 15m
N/A N/A
Thegivencrosssectionalareasarevalidforcoppercables.Ifotherconductormaterialisusedproperconver-
sion
needs to be made in order to properly size the connection. The total length of the cable is measured
accordingtothefollowinggure.
Some vehicle models have restrictions regarding the amount of current the lift can access from the existing
battery.Somevehiclemodelsdonotfullychargethebattery.Itmaythereforebenecessarytoswitchtoabat-
tery and sometimes also to a charger with a larger capacity.