EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
Formerly you were allowed to travel with a lithium-ion battery of less than
300Wh. The standard lithium battery for the current "normal" Travelscoot
model is 274WH.
However, on at least some airlines, now I see a 160Wh restriction...
Older Travelscoots used a lead-gel battery... Unfortunately with a lead battery,
the TS range is significantly lower. It weighs a lot more, too. :-(
Lithium and lead-acid aren't the only games in town. What about nimh?
It's still easy enough to get nimh D, C, or sub-C cells.
A nimh D-cell is rated about 10ah at 1.2v, so 12Wh each. That's about 12
cells for a 160Wh pack, or 24 for 274Wh. They weigh about 5 ounces, so 4
lbs for the 160Wh pack, and 8 for the 274Wh pack. (Of course, these are
using "advertised" capacities, which are probably exaggerated for both
the nimh cells and TravelScoot packs).
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Geniuses remove it. -- Alan Perlis, "Epigrams on Programming"
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