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done with phase two

DIY Electric Car

m heavily looking toward my counselors at DIY t help me here as I am quite mathematically and electronically challenged. m still planning on using # 12 gp 27 deep cycle batts as my power pack I hope that gets me at least 40 mi. As I have a charging station at work. t pretend at all to understand the principles of what I?

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Being a Pro Eco Recycler

DIY Electric Car

20 Deka Ungly 45 ah deep cycle batteries (retail $3000). When I told people at work that I was building a electric car I received 20 Deka Unigy 45 ah deep cycle batteries (retail $3000) for free as they were swapping out old ups batteries from a back up system. total $14,600). -1 1 1750 watt inverter. -20 3 wood stoves.

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mostly finished-90%

DIY Electric Car

These are 68 lb lead acid batteries @ $109 each (I lucked out with no core charge and free delivery), you do the math. most deep cycle batts. I placed 4 in the front compartment and the other 16 in the bed. The technical problems that I encountered were in figuring out how to mount the tie downs for the batteries.