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Best battery
What's the best available battery today for an electric vehicle, in the 5K cost range?
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11-03-2010, 05:10 AM
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In my opinion it would be headway lithium cells. I'm putting together a 9kwh 144v pack for well under 4k usd.
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11-03-2010, 11:07 AM
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I ditto the Headways. I have them in several converted Motorcycles.
The biggest thing is to get them "happy". Work them in like you would a ICE motor. 50+ plus charges/discharges with light loads. Then...have fun!!!
Here I am having some fun with the Headways....
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...I'd like to SEE a side-by-side comparison chart or table showing the PROS & CONS of all the currently usable batteries, ie: lead-acid, deep-cycle, Lithium, Nickel-hydride, etc.
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11-03-2010, 02:45 PM
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...I'd like to SEE a side-by-side comparison chart or table showing the PROS & CONS of all the currently usable batteries, ie: lead-acid, deep-cycle, Lithium, Nickel-hydride, etc.
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Then we should start adding it to the wiki
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11-03-2010, 09:36 PM
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This is just the thread I was looking for 
Does anyone have an opinion on the US Battery 6 volt floodies? A pack of those would cost 25% less than Trojan floodies for the Jet Electrica 007 I'm buying.
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11-03-2010, 10:23 PM
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This is just the thread I was looking for
Does anyone have an opinion on the US Battery 6 volt floodies? A pack of those would cost 25% less than Trojan floodies for the Jet Electrica 007 I'm buying. |
Trojans are unfortunately going down the smithouse due to a change in management.
US batteries at the moment are better, and its too bad  |
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11-04-2010, 12:22 AM
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Any one use Thundersky or have experience with them?
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11-04-2010, 11:11 AM
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With the Headways how do you manage the batteries and charge them?
I was looking at the Engener batteries that are sold for plug in hybrids because they come with everything.
The Email they sent me included this information:
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standard pack is 24V 80AH. You can use two packs in series and two strings in
parallel. Two BMS to monitor two strings. The normal discharge rate is 160A-320A in this
configuration. each 24V80AH pack is $800, BMS is $170, 15A charger is $150. The total for
this 80KWH pack would be 4 x 800 + 2 x 170 + 150 + $250SH = $3940
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11-06-2010, 03:22 PM
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that seems like a nice deal
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