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Nerys · 12-06-2010, 09:08 PM

because a used prius is still about 19 thousand dollars more than I can dream of affording and thats not counting the roughly 10 thousand dollars in finance charges AND gets WORSE fuel economy than I am getting right now so what would be the point?

even my WINTER fuel economy is better than a prius.

I got my metro for $600 AND EVEN THAT was more than I could afford but thank god he took payments :-)

thats why. If I had the cash to afford a prius without a second thought I would not be worried about fuel prices you can be sure of that :-) hehehe

also I am sorry the battery I am looking at is 45c with bursts to 90c. but even at 45 c thats 225 amps 450 amps burst (I am not sure where I got the 675 amps from ??)

so I would definitely need to go 4 packs serial parallel 74volt and net 450 amps continuous and 900amps burst. safer yet 3 "2 unit" packs (6 packs total $900) this way I get a much better 675 continuous amps (coincidence that number I did something wrong to get 675 the first time) and 1350 amps burst. should be more than enough for a 2600 pound loaded metro.

would I get my 8 minutes of power on that setup? oddly enough charging would be easy on this setup - each pack has its own secondary connector for charging. I just plug a separate charger into each one and slow charge them (I will always have at least 8-10 hours to let it charge so no worries their)

right now I spend roughly $2240 a year in gas. if this got me to 75mpg (and I think I could get even higher)

with this setup I would only have to pay out $1493 a year in gasoline a savings of $747 or about $700 after paying for the electricity

IE the whole system could break even in 3 years. not a bad ROI at all. I can also keep buying "sets of 3 packs" to up my range.

the trick is affording that initial "lump sum" :-(

here is a link to the battery.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=14617

$161 but if you "sit" on the site for a few minutes it pops up and says hey you have been watching this for a while buy now and we will give it to you for $152 :-) hehe

its only 1447 grams for the entire pack. so 6 would mass at 20 pounds. thats not heavy at all.

12-06-2010, 09:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nerys Grrr :-) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 800 Cherokee - '88 Jeep Cherokee 90 day: 19.44 mpg (US) Ryo-Ohki - '94 Geo Metro Xfi 90 day: 50.15 mpg (US) Vger 2 - '00 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE Ninja - '89 Geo Tracker 90 day: 30.27 mpg (US) Thanks: 12 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	because a used prius is still about 19 thousand dollars more than I can dream of affording and thats not counting the roughly 10 thousand dollars in finance charges AND gets WORSE fuel economy than I am getting right now so what would be the point? even my WINTER fuel economy is better than a prius. I got my metro for $600 AND EVEN THAT was more than I could afford but thank god he took payments :-) thats why. If I had the cash to afford a prius without a second thought I would not be worried about fuel prices you can be sure of that :-) hehehe also I am sorry the battery I am looking at is 45c with bursts to 90c. but even at 45 c thats 225 amps 450 amps burst (I am not sure where I got the 675 amps from ??) so I would definitely need to go 4 packs serial parallel 74volt and net 450 amps continuous and 900amps burst. safer yet 3 "2 unit" packs (6 packs total $900) this way I get a much better 675 continuous amps (coincidence that number I did something wrong to get 675 the first time) and 1350 amps burst. should be more than enough for a 2600 pound loaded metro. would I get my 8 minutes of power on that setup? oddly enough charging would be easy on this setup - each pack has its own secondary connector for charging. I just plug a separate charger into each one and slow charge them (I will always have at least 8-10 hours to let it charge so no worries their) right now I spend roughly $2240 a year in gas. if this got me to 75mpg (and I think I could get even higher) with this setup I would only have to pay out $1493 a year in gasoline a savings of $747 or about $700 after paying for the electricity IE the whole system could break even in 3 years. not a bad ROI at all. I can also keep buying "sets of 3 packs" to up my range. the trick is affording that initial "lump sum" :-( here is a link to the battery. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=14617 $161 but if you "sit" on the site for a few minutes it pops up and says hey you have been watching this for a while buy now and we will give it to you for $152 :-) hehe its only 1447 grams for the entire pack. so 6 would mass at 20 pounds. thats not heavy at all. Last edited by Nerys; 12-06-2010 at 09:14 PM..