> From: Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > ... I'm now leaning towards insulated battery boxes with Peltier coolers.
Peltier devices are notoriously inefficient. What about situating your batteries such that air flow from your vehicle travel cools your batteries, possibly aided by ductwork? That is nearly-free "cooling," as the air is rushing past anyway. My guess is that any battery cooling scheme that consumes battery power is going to be a net loss. :::: You know what? What makes our economy grow is energy. And Americans are used to going to the gas tank (sic), and when they put that hose in their, uh, tank, and when I do it, I wanna get gas out of it. And when I turn the light switch on, I want the lights to go on, and I don't want somebody to tell me I gotta change my way of living to satisfy them. Because this is America, and this is something we've worked our way into, and the American people are entitled to it, and if we're going improve (sic) our standard of living, you have to consume more energy. -- Chuck Grassley :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: _______________________________________________ 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)
