Hi Rick, Yes Li is cheaper (and Pb more expensive) but if you haven't got the cash...
I posted earlier in reply to Peter that it seemed a shame that there are not low cost loans for Li. Since then the thought has occurred that another possibility might be that some entrepreneurial chap who has lead a full, successful and reward personal and business life, one who no longer feels the need to prove himself, getting on toward his sunset years, who has made a *pot* of money and runs a business selling EV parts might be feeling sufficiently philanthropic to do a low cost loan system of payment for his Li cells. Make enough on them to pay for the overheads and hassle but no-where near what a bank-er would charge... Anyone out there that matches that description...?? MW On 3 Oct 2013, at 15:04, Rick Beebe wrote: > I have a 144-volt 1998 Ford Ranger that I'm converting from lead to > lithium. 18 months ago the 24 Interstate 6-volt batteries in it cost > just over $3400. The previous pack--also Interstate because they're just > down the road--lasted 5 years and 15000 miles. > > The replacement pack of 45 CALB CA100's cost slightly over $5400. I > think that even though they are less than half the Ah capacity that I > will have equal or greater range because of being able to use more of > that capacity and because the truck will be 1300 pounds lighter. I'll be > spending less on electricity too. Currently the truck uses 350Wh/mi and > I believe that will drop to 250. I'm also expecting much better cold > weather performance and that they will last much longer than 5 years. Oh > yeah and I don't have to water them. > > Those advantage would make lithium a no-brainer to me in a new > conversion. I wouldn't even consider lead any more. > > In this case the decision was a little harder. I wanted to convert to > lithium but was planning to wait a year. The current pack is working > great and I'm driving the truck often. But winter is coming. The decider > was actually Tesla. I bought a small lot of Tesla stock at $25 a couple > years ago. The recent explosion in the stock price let me afford to do > the conversion now. > > Full disclosure is that the conversion is actually costing slightly over > $8000 because in addition to the cells I needed a new charger, > interconnects, some new instrumentation, and battery boxes. > > Obviously not inexpensive now, but I think I will save a fair amount of > money over the next decade. > > --Rick > > > On 10/03/2013 03:23 AM, Martin WINLOW wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> Would you be prepared to tell us all what that 3.5 years of lead cost? Be >> honest, now! >> >> MW >> >> >> On 2 Oct 2013, at 16:10, SLPinfo.org wrote: >> >>> Sam, >>> >>> The range would be quite different because 6 volt batts have greater >>> Amp-Hour (AH) capacity than 12 volt. Typical 6v golf cart batts hold >>> 200-220 AH while most 12v batts only hold 100-120 AH. > _______________________________________________ > 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)
