Hi Chris, I have been very impressed with GBS lithiums from Elite Power in AZ. ( www.elitepowersolutions.com). The batteries come with a well matched BMS and all connections, great tech support, and a cool display unit! Good luck with the Berkley. I think that there are pictures of the project somewhere in the EVDL archives. (Hard to imagine more than a few of these out there). -Tom True
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:25 PM, L. Chris Hager <[email protected]>wrote: > > Was running north of DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy on Sunday. I saw > him in my mirror; he followed me, then took the left lane and went by and > off ahead. Sweet-- and most impressive. If I were ever to pay more than > $6500 for a car, it would be high on my list. I've seen only one Tesla > roadster on the road around here, almost 3 years ago-- we're thin on > electrics here in the nation's capital. I've started doing my bit: just > bought a e-converted 1958 Berkeley, without batteries. Berks are the > lightest, smallest 2-seat sports car ever made, in England, '56 to '60. > They had the advantage of weighing only 680 pounds, dry and without the > driver's weight, so under 900 on the road. This one was converted for > e-racing, and did well, before it had a controller malfunction and blitzed > the betteries, which I think were nicads. lt's been sitting for 5 or so > years, near Boston. A friend there, ean electrical engineer and car buff, > are hoping to have it > running by fall, and will ship or haul it to my Virginia location after > he's had some fun in it. Already I'm soliciting advice: it has a 144v > controler and motor, both Solectrica (sp?) I think. The car's so small that > the batteries are going to have to be low ampere-hour units just to pack > into the space available (it's 10 ft, 2 in long, 52 in wide, and not high > at all-- haven't measured. Will likely go w/ lithium, Thundersky or > equivalent, but that's why I'm posting-- all opinions here will find me > open-minded. Remember, the car without its orig motor and gas tank are > around 550 lb, and it's pretty aerodynamic (see the Berkeley Enthusiasts > Club- BEC- website). Lowest price will be attractive, unless something elst > has real advantages and not too much higher price. Opinions?? Thx -Chris, > in Falls Church, VA > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130604/843314c5/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130604/bc39884a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
