Thanks for the suggestion, Jerry! If I end up keeping the van, I'll follow that idea!
Matthew Parkhouse, RN hobomatt@ aol.com On 3 Oct 2556 BE, at 11:02, jerry freedomev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Matthew and All, > > For about the same price you could > switch to much better 6vdc golfcart batts that would give 2x's + the range > and last much longer. > Batteries are marked up 60-70% > so plenty of bargaining room there. 215 amphr 6v ones shouldn't cost over > $80 plus core. > > I pitted Auto Zone against > Discount Auto with their 10% lower policy which works especially well with a > $20 discount coupon for one of them. I got my last 115amphr 12vdc real deep > cycle ones by Duralast/Johnson Controls for $70 each ;^)) The deal was > better than a battery dealer!! > > I only use 12vdc because I use it > in my EV MC trike, Streamliner. Or any over 1k lb EV, go 6vdc for the most > economical, long lasting plus more range pack. > > EV's can be low cost if done > well. The VW Bus is a good, light glider that could with not much work, be > very aero increasing range more. > > > Jerry > Dycus > > ________________________________ > From: Matthew Park house <[email protected]> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Range > > > I just priced the cost of a replacement set of ten lead-acid RV-type > batteries (12 volt) for my VW Van conversion (It is FOR SALE, by the way!). > Came to right about $1,800. This is from a local battery supply. Is there a > less-costly way to buy these? What is the recommended source these days? > (It's been four years and I'm a bit staggered by the increase in cost!) > > Thanks, > > Matthew Parkhouse, RN > hobomatt@ aol.com > Colorado Springs, CO: > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131003/ac4d11c8/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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
