On 10/10/2013 11:25 AM, Roland Wiench wrote: > You did not state what the ampere hour rating of these batteries are. > I was searching the web and came across the Interstate Battery > specifications for the 6-volt battery.
They are GD2-XHD-S 232Ah batteries. http://www.interstatebatteries.com/cs_eStore/Content.aspx?dsNav=Arpp~12,A~Part+Number,N~2147384911-2147384722-2147384903,Nr~AND(P_unique_id%3aInterstate+Batteries+U2200+GC2-XHD-S) > These batteries where install on September 4 2009 and had put on 2729 > cycles on them driving only 4165 miles. In this roller coaster > roads, the actual motor on time is about 3000 miles and the motor off > time is the remainder. > > Today the AH per mile and charging time over the same exact route and > temperature is still 3.3 ah per mile and 7.5 minutes of charging at > 20 amperes at 250 volts. > > The cost of the batteries ran $125.00 for the 250 AH. > > Roland ----- Original Message ----- >From: Lee Hart<mailto:[email protected]> > > > 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. > > That's $140 per battery. This seems quite high for Interstate, which > is not a premium battery. List price is $175, suggested retail $152. I didn't buy them so I don't know the actual negotiated price for 24 of them. I guessed the price based on some other paperwork which lumps several expenses into one number (including 6% sales tax). So I might be high, but I don't think exhorbitantly. --Rick _______________________________________________ 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)
