Lawrence, This fellow, Jehu Garcia in SoCal, bought an enormous number of laptop cells on eBay and put them together in a pack for his VW bus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4hhMQh3SzM There are videos chronicling all the gory details. I am sure you could talk to him about that experience, and he might have other ideas for frugal Li-ion battery use. The is the maximum sweat equity minimal cash method Good luck, mike On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > I might be able to get my Ford Aspire back. But I need to go lithium. > I wonder what the minimum size pack I can get by with is. I don't have > much money. I'll need BMS and a charger. Might settle for a 40 mile > range. But bigger is better. I have 600 pounds of lead now that are > gone. The car weighed 2000 pounds and change stock. Anybody stuck with a > pack to get rid of? As an alternative the Aspire with amazing performance > might be available for 2000 dollars. 144vdc system. Vacuum pump for the > brakes. Iota DC/DC. 700 amp modified Curtis 1221B It is currently in Santa > Cruz. Add a pack and go. Lawrence Rhodes http://www.evalbum.com/418 The > current state is rougher but all there and in running condition. Not an > inch of space inside was lost in this conversion. The Aspire has plenty of > space for batteries and components. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150125/fcb44e49/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) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150125/97d10ef6/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)
