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Batteries For Electric Car Conversion
The heart of any electric car conversion is the batteries. Without the batteries your car or truck isn’t going to go anywhere.
It’s important to find the right kind of batteries though. You are going to need a type of battery called a deep cycle battery. What this means is that the battery is designed to be discharged almost completely and it will continue to hold charge when you recharge it. If you don’t get this type of battery then after the first couple of charges with your electric car the batteries are going to stop working. So make sure you get 12 volt deep cycle batteries.
There are several sources where you can find these batteries for free. One of them is your local golf course. I used to work at a golf course while I was a teenager and every year or two we would swap the batteries out of the golf carts and replace them with new ones. The old batteries were still good, they were just replaced for routine maintenance. When I was doing my electric car conversion I went around to the local golf courses and managed to pick up 20 or so 12 volt deep cycle batteries. They still have years of life left in them, and if one breaks I have a couple of replacements.
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Introduction to Battery Chargers
Battery chargers vary a great deal in intelligence, the types of batteries they can charge, how they maintain batteries, and how long they take to charge. As batteries are such a big investment when it comes to off grid solar power systems, it’s important to get the right one for your off grid solar power system.
A general rule of thumb is to charge a battery at about 10% of its amp hour capacity. For example, and 80Ah deep cycle battery should be changed at a rate of about 8A.
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Reconditioned Deep Cycle Battery – Save Cost on Electric Car Conversion
The electric car is fast gaining popularity as a new mode of transportation. Many people are selling off their gasoline driven car and choosing to get an electric vehicle (EV). For the time being, a new EV from the electric car manufacturers is still relatively expensive. The only alternative is to convert our existing car to electric via a Do It Yourself (DIY) approach. One of the biggest expenses retrofitting an electric car is the batteries. You can save cost by using reconditioned deep cycle battery. Where do we find used batteries for our EV? This article will provide some useful information on the subject.
If you are working on a tight budget for your electric car conversion, using recondition deep cycle battery can save us a lot of money. The best location to find these batteries is at the golf course. All golf courses use electric golf carts. These carts have to be serviced periodically. As part of its warranty requirement, some of the batteries have to be replaced even though they are still in good working order. The challenge is talking to the service technician and making a deal with him to buy the used batteries.
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