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Old 09-03-2021, 07:04 PM   #96 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX
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90 day: 47.32 mpg (US)

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Not sure if I may be so prone to become an early adopter of some new tech, yet sometimes whenever I can understand how some newer stuff works enough to believe I could do some makeshift repairs when something fails I'm OK with taking a little more of the risk.
The motorcycle that was given to me had a dead battery. I bought LiFePO4 cells, nickel strips, small snips, a portable spot welder, shrink wrap, more solder and flux...

So far I'm fairly confident the heavy lead acid battery can be replaced with this relatively cheap pack (not considering the tools I bought) I'm building. Of course, I'll have many hours into it by the time I arrive at a good solution. The fun is figuring it out.
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