I gave up the "lithium" idea, as the 6 month silence implies. But last night, as I was trying to sleep, my mind wandered in this direction again. That, and Jack Rickard's videos every Friday talking about Chinese prizmatics. There HAS to be a cheap way of doing something other than lead/acid for me. Even the beat up left for dead batteries I use seem a bit overkill for the 1.7 miles I require of them. I'd be trimming a bunch of weight too if I could put something else in there. Anyway, I bought
ONE battery (with no way to charge it
):
New Lifepo4 A123 18650 1000-1100mah battery Cell 1Pcs - eBay (item 120581586100 end time Jul-10-10 08:40:03 PDT)
(This is pretty much just throwing money out the window because I've never seen an LiPO4 battery with such low mAh rating. Must be factory seconds- or 25ths
)