T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] New member; Modest goal

Dan

My bank is 16 Thundersky 3.2V 160Ah LiFePO4 cells with EV Power BMS modules on each cell. This seems to be a cost effective way to get 8kWh of capacity in a reasonably sized 200 pound storage system.

Fair winds,
Eric

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Michaels <nov32394@...> wrote:
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> Are you building the batteries or just building a bank from batteries?
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> Dan
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> --- On Tue, 8/10/10, Eric <ewdysar@...> wrote:
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> From: Eric <ewdysar@...>
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] New member; Modest goal
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 10:27 AM
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> James,
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> I agree. I built my 48V 160Ah bank for $3600 including BMS. What I don't have is the cool data port on the front of the Torqeedo battery case. My batteries have a one year warranty.
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> I find that the Torqeedo power and Mastervolt batteries are priced significantly higher than you can build yourself (4-5X the cost), but I think that they're aiming for a different market segment than the DIY crowd.
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> Fair winds,
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> Eric
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