I had heard they were available but hadnt been able to find any in
australia, I was looking
at the dry charge race car batteries which come in at around 1.5kg 13.5volt
7Ah with about 200CCA
cost is about $250 for them, which looks to be about the same as the LI-PO I
must try harder to find
the LI-PO batteries out here.
craig
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Frans
Veldman
Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2008 8:54 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Lithium Polymer start battery
<frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl>
The last few years there has been tremendous progress on the development of
small and light weight batteries.
Take this for example: a 11,1 Volt 5Ah battery, capable of providing 150 Amp
crank power, weighing only 0,384 Kg (for the non-metric guys: less than one
pound, do the math yourself).
[url]http://www.conrad.nl/goto.php?artikel 6604[/url]
The 11.1 volt is a bit of a disadvantage, with a nominal voltage of 3,7
Volts per cell you have to choose between 11,1 volts or 14,8 volts. (The
14,8 Volt model weights 0,5Kg). Note that this is the nominal voltage, a
fully charged battery will have a higher voltage. You will probably have to
adapt the rectifier/regulator, but given the significant weight savings,
this could be worthwile.
Anyone tried this already?
Frans
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