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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 3/3/2012

DIY Electric Car

I attempted to buy a manual rack, but the company said they don't actually have one to sell. Batteries: I will be using Absorbed Glass Mat, Deep Cycle, Sealed Lead Acid Batteries. The batteries of choice at the moment is the Werker brand from Batteries Plus, 12 Volt, 55AH, Deep Cycle.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Either that, or we’d buy one from someone else who did,” he said. I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.” Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. Most of us just did our own conversions.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Overnight or deep-cycle discharge damages batteries, and high C rates degrade batteries because of the temperature created. times more life expectancy for a battery versus a deep-cycle charging approach. And efficiency numbers that people claim are running it at full power under ideal conditions. How does that work?