On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:18:41PM -0400, EVDL Administrator wrote: > > I'm puzzled by this post. I don't understand why you stripped the lithium > battery out. Why not offer the Neon for sale as a usable, running EV? Was > the battery kaputt? If so, why not drop in a simple, low cost working lead > battery, so some buyer can have a daily driver? <curious>
I don't think the Neon with battery would have sold for the value (to me) of the battery. The battery is now in this: http://www.evalbum.com/1896 I have too many EVs and the Neon was the least use to me. I'm configuring the Ranger to be of use to me as an on-farm vehicle and I didn't want to pop for yet another new lithium pack. The Neon is of little use for hauling things around my farm. The rear floor has been cut away for the battery and not yet sealed; dust boils up in the cabin when driving on gravel roads. Also, space for hauling stuff is minimal. This car is of some on-farm use: http://www.evalbum.com/1213 I leave the rear hatch open and stack stuff on the battery cover. When I had a bad TS-LFP160 from the Neon pack, I found that Sinoply (sp?) 180s were the same size and used one as a replacement. So, 40 Sinoply 180s would fit nicely in the Neon. The Neon sat for many months at a body shop. When the BMS audio alarm went off, the body shop guy just switched it off instead of informing me and giving me the opportunity to try to save the low cell. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime 15 days 23 min minutes _______________________________________________ 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)
