[ausev] BATTERIES

[Roy Holder]

The 40 amp lithium's might be too small for a 120 to 144 volt system.
Their rating of 120 amps cont is not a lot.  My Geo exceeds that by a tiny
bit, resulting in a shorter battery life.
As for 'estimating' the range, If you have a 3000 lb car and a 120/144 volt
system, you might get a little under 3 amps per mile, maybe less.
That is a range of around 10 miles at 80% rated capacity
If your car is around 2000 lbs, you could get under 2 amps per mile, 20+/-
miles a charge.
The yellow tops are lead acid.  They will be limited by (
Wikipedia:Peukert's Law).
Resulting in fewer miles per charge, by they can handle the amps of an EV
application without shortening their life.
With both of these, you would probably need 2 parallel strings 120/144 or a
high voltage (300v+/-) for range and/or longevity. 

so. that is 20 to 24 to 26 of these batteries for an EV.

At 04:02 PM 1/8/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>I think I get your drift. The intended use would be for an EV. Is the price
>on these batteries very good or some what or crap? I have heard that you
>can spend $20K or more on just batteries. How many do you need? I am under
>the impression that you need around 10 batteries or so??) I think you will
>ask me how far do I want to go, how fast, and how much room does the car
have?
> 

Flat plate crystalline silicone(looks blue) is much more efficieent. I have
one that is 6 inches by 22 inches that has the same rated 1.2 A output as
the 6 foot foll out.

>Also, where have you seen solar panels that deliver 2x more power for the
>same area? That great!!
>
>Jim
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