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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Those are 12 volts each?
EDIT: had any chance to test them for capacity yet? I bet that's what you're working on now...
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Yep, they're 12 volts each, and they were (when new) 130 aH each.
I haven't tested them yet, because I haven't got my battery charger yet. I'm just gonna hook a couple up tomorrow and just give it a whirl.
I've been super-swamped with work so tomorrow's all I have to get it hooked up. When I get my charger I'll weed out the duds. I'm just going for proof-of-concept right now.
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Originally Posted by mattW
I'm curious about how the reduction in electrical load to increased weight ratio pans out? I guess it would depend on your starter useage vs acceleration, this one will be hard to call... Looking forward to the results (get that scangauge working =P).
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With the weight, I'm expecting that adding 150lbs of batteries will detract 1.5% from my FE, so -0.5mpg.
Judging from Darin's 10% gain with running alternator-less, I could see a 10% gain, that's 5.7mpg
That'd put me up to 63-63mpg
