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Old 01-22-2017, 10:38 AM   #9 (permalink)
Mrmacireland
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I think I should take time to explain my battery design and reason for trying to manufacture a homebuilt battery research says zinc is a widely abundant metal now compare that to lithium it is nearly all comes from China mines and is very expensive when deciding on my build I looked at my home island of Ireland and worked out there was plenty of zinc so future volume production could be sourced here instead of importing expensive batteries materials from overseas I think there are plenty of zinc mines in Amerikay also now my build is a prototype I have drained it 101 times so far running a set of bulbs to drain power it is a 8 cell unit 12volt 8 cells at 1.5 volts linked in a series it's rough but it works I know there would be far more people converting to EVs if the battery was less expensive there is some great motor controller designs and set ups on here but no homebuilt batteries I can t afford fancy lithium batteries I have got some I have dismantled and to tell you the truth they is not much to them it's the metal that is expensive and hard to get I plan to increase prototype to 288volts 24 12 volts cells linked to gather and wired that each 12 volt cell gets charged separately so if one fails then it will still give power any help or photos of factory built batteries would be greatly appreciated
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