Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Willie via EV
On 08/18/2017 05:58 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote: Damon, I think Willie would rather fill his pockets with rocks than use lead acid batteries if he needed weight. Maybe would put a burro on the seat beside him. A flight of fancy here. I could use dead LFP cells for ballast. I have many.

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread damon henry via EV
From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of Gail Lucas via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 3:58:15 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Gail Lucas Subject: Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts. Damon, I think Willie would rather fill

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Gail Lucas via EV
Damon, I think Willie would rather fill his pockets with rocks than use lead acid batteries if he needed weight. Maybe would put a burro on the seat beside him. On 8/18/2017 2:47 PM, damon henry via EV wrote: Just know that on tractors weight is sometimes needed, so lead acid can actually

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread damon henry via EV
From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 11:51:39 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Willie Subject: Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts. On 08/18/2017 01:33 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote: > Willie, &g

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Willie via EV
On 08/18/2017 01:33 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote: Willie, The description sounds like it uses lead acid batteries which I think you are trying to avoid. Golf carts use lead batteries. It's pretty straightforward to substitute lithium. If the guy is actually making Electrak knockoffs, I

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Gail Lucas via EV
Willie, The description sounds like it uses lead acid batteries which I think you are trying to avoid. On 8/18/2017 11:15 AM, Willie via EV wrote: http://www.aclectrictractors.com/tractors.html It looks like he is not making any or many. But, I've got a query in.

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Willie via EV
On 08/18/2017 12:38 PM, David Wilker via EV wrote: Speaking of electric garden tractors, this guy has brought back the spirit of the Elec-Trac: http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/energy-efficiency/the-ac-lectric-tractor-zbcz1506zken A great lead! Thanks!

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread David Wilker via EV
Speaking of electric garden tractors, this guy has brought back the spirit of the Elec-Trac: http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/energy-efficiency/the-ac-lectric-tractor-zbcz1506zken If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we should stop making them. David C. Wilker Jr.

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Rod Hower via EV
I would check out this site for information on a mowing deck from an E15 or E20 Elec Trak,http://www.ge-electrak.com/ On Friday, August 18, 2017 8:57 AM, Willie via EV wrote: On 08/18/2017 06:50 AM, paul dove wrote: > The problem doesn’t have to do with these

Re: [EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Willie via EV
On 08/18/2017 06:50 AM, paul dove wrote: The problem doesn’t have to do with these scooters, but with the quality of the batteries being used. When you say "batteries", I assume you mean "cells". The cells in these batteries seem to be quite good and name brand. Both in my own

[EVDL] Adventures in golf carts.

2017-08-18 Thread Willie via EV
https://plus.google.com/+WillieMcKemie/posts/Xi4j1BTSTwC I've been experimenting with some VERY cheap hoverboard batteries and am VERY encouraged with the results. Of course, the risk of fire looms. Does anyone know why there were so many hoverboard fires? My experiments indicate that the