Andyinchville1
Veteran Member
Hi all,
Been doing a lot of reading on lithium batteries and weight reduction.
I know lithium batteries are typically very expensive especially when buying them through companies such as Braille or anti gravity but recently I stumbled on some lithium iron batteries with very good specifications and light weight ( I've seen batteries as high as 2200 cold cranking amps with Reserve capacity of 100 amp hours weighing about 25 lb costing about $600 .... yes still expensive when compared to regular lead acid but someone cheaper when compared to the name brands.
I found these batteries on eBay and yes they come from China .... gulp.
Anyways has anybody here use lithium batteries for their car?
I do delivery work and I know when I put a five gallon bucket of paint in the back the car feels heavier...
I'm thinking lopping off 25 or more pounds from the front end has to make for a better handling more Nimble car ... not to mention some serious cranking amps for the upcoming winter
What are your thoughts on this abd has anybody here use lithium as far as a battery yet?
Andrew
Ps - about a week or two ago I bought one of those small portable jump-starting boxes from Costco..
It's the one that sells what about $55 and it is Lithium powered and super tiny I don't think the thing even weighs 2 lb. ...
Anyways for some reason my car battery was dead barely turning over.... I use this little jump starter and it got my car started and according to the LCD gauge I only use 6% of the power to get one start so I'm totally sold on that little unit...
Graham said it didn't turn the car over with the Vigor of a full-size fully charged battery but it was enough to get me started and not have to get a jump... so with that small event I do look somewhat favorably on lithium ion as a lightweight yet powerful source of power.
Been doing a lot of reading on lithium batteries and weight reduction.
I know lithium batteries are typically very expensive especially when buying them through companies such as Braille or anti gravity but recently I stumbled on some lithium iron batteries with very good specifications and light weight ( I've seen batteries as high as 2200 cold cranking amps with Reserve capacity of 100 amp hours weighing about 25 lb costing about $600 .... yes still expensive when compared to regular lead acid but someone cheaper when compared to the name brands.
I found these batteries on eBay and yes they come from China .... gulp.
Anyways has anybody here use lithium batteries for their car?
I do delivery work and I know when I put a five gallon bucket of paint in the back the car feels heavier...
I'm thinking lopping off 25 or more pounds from the front end has to make for a better handling more Nimble car ... not to mention some serious cranking amps for the upcoming winter
What are your thoughts on this abd has anybody here use lithium as far as a battery yet?
Andrew
Ps - about a week or two ago I bought one of those small portable jump-starting boxes from Costco..
It's the one that sells what about $55 and it is Lithium powered and super tiny I don't think the thing even weighs 2 lb. ...
Anyways for some reason my car battery was dead barely turning over.... I use this little jump starter and it got my car started and according to the LCD gauge I only use 6% of the power to get one start so I'm totally sold on that little unit...
Graham said it didn't turn the car over with the Vigor of a full-size fully charged battery but it was enough to get me started and not have to get a jump... so with that small event I do look somewhat favorably on lithium ion as a lightweight yet powerful source of power.