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Nerys · 08-14-2008, 07:47 PM

I would love too but a 230v battery pack is prohibitively expensive and HEAVY.

thats 20 lead acid batteries! (ouch) even if I could find 24v batteries thats still 10 of them.

Unless there is a way to CHEAPLY and EASILY use a lot less than 20 batteries to get 230v ??

08-14-2008, 07:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
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