Just pulled my first bad battery.
"It's dead Jim."
It did not survive the two year enforced hibernation/wait for my car
to get running. The replacement battery is now twice what I paid for
the original. I checked the price for new lead just now. Spot is
1.65 American. That makes the lead in the 65 pound battery that is
going to cost me $80, worth $99. At the rate metal prices are
climbing it won't be long till lithium is cheaper than flooded.
Other wise the other nine batteries are doing well and getting
stronger every day. I am driving the car into town (6.6 miles total)
every day to get them exercised.
R. M. Milliron
1981 Jet Electrica
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/702
This machine has been garaged for 17 years.
I am upgrading it and getting it running. Tabitha,
my daughter, named it, "Pikachu". It's yellow and black,
electric and contains Japanese parts, so I went with it.
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"It's dead Jim."
It did not survive the two year enforced hibernation/wait for my car
to get running. The replacement battery is now twice what I paid for
the original. I checked the price for new lead just now. Spot is
1.65 American. That makes the lead in the 65 pound battery that is
going to cost me $80, worth $99. At the rate metal prices are
climbing it won't be long till lithium is cheaper than flooded.
Other wise the other nine batteries are doing well and getting
stronger every day. I am driving the car into town (6.6 miles total)
every day to get them exercised.
R. M. Milliron
1981 Jet Electrica
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/702
This machine has been garaged for 17 years.
I am upgrading it and getting it running. Tabitha,
my daughter, named it, "Pikachu". It's yellow and black,
electric and contains Japanese parts, so I went with it.
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For subscription options, see
http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev