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A friend of mine wants to upgrade his 48V golf cart from lead to lithium & I suggested to get some Chevy Volt modules.
So, looking around I came across a pack from a 2014 Chevy Volt for ~$1,500.00
...but, the donor car had ~104,000 mi. on it
What kind of capacity, would the lithium pack, in a car with this many miles on it have left?
Thinkin' about it/doin' some research, a 2014 Volt is advertised as getting ~38 miles on electric before the gas engine kicks in
...so, 104,000 miles divided by 38 miles would be ~2,736 discharge/charge cycles
I know these lithium packs usually are good for 2,000 - 3,000 discharge/charge cycles
...but, what kinda life would these modules have left?
Then, I've seen other packs advertised as coming from cars with ~60K miles on them (~$2,500.00)
...but, once it's removed from the car, they could be selling you/us whatever they have sitting on the shelf
How could someone know for sure, what their getting?
...or even be able to check anything more than the sitting voltage, with a MM, while @ the "scrap yard" before buying a used pack?
So, looking around I came across a pack from a 2014 Chevy Volt for ~$1,500.00
...but, the donor car had ~104,000 mi. on it
What kind of capacity, would the lithium pack, in a car with this many miles on it have left?
Thinkin' about it/doin' some research, a 2014 Volt is advertised as getting ~38 miles on electric before the gas engine kicks in
...so, 104,000 miles divided by 38 miles would be ~2,736 discharge/charge cycles
I know these lithium packs usually are good for 2,000 - 3,000 discharge/charge cycles
...but, what kinda life would these modules have left?
Then, I've seen other packs advertised as coming from cars with ~60K miles on them (~$2,500.00)
...but, once it's removed from the car, they could be selling you/us whatever they have sitting on the shelf
How could someone know for sure, what their getting?
...or even be able to check anything more than the sitting voltage, with a MM, while @ the "scrap yard" before buying a used pack?