Would this make batteries light enough that I could change my own battery pack? There is no way I can lift my Trojans in and out of the battery racks but if they were in smaller sizes I definitely could. I think I could manage half the weight of a T105 without any problem. This would be a great improvement in battery technology for me, even better than more range.
Gail On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Andre Blanchard wrote: > I now have a vision of an EV with a battery box made from 4" PVC pipes. > Just unscrew the end cap and start pushing the cells in, just like loading > up a flash light. > > More I think about it the more I like the idea. The 4" PVC pipe could be > replaced with steel or some fancy plastic composite and do double duty as > the frame for the vehicle, thinking trucks. > > Also with single cells you would not have the large flat area on the top so > the cells could stand a higher pressure before venting. > > The cells could have male threads on one end and female threads on the other > (thinking maybe a pipe thread) so that they could be screwed together, > making a very short high current cell to cell connection. >
