Need a lithium kit recommendation

[panteramatt]

So my leaf pack will need replacing soon. I was interested in building another pack but most wont get to me til mid may at the earliest and camping season will be here soon. So, I was looking at the eagle 60ah kit for $1760 shipped. I have an upgraded motor and controller in my sig but might do an ac conversion. That kit has 160a continous. I will only be driving around campgrounds mostly. So my questions are:
1. Will 160a be good enough for the load from my controller?
2. Should I expect around 20-25 miles form 60ah?
3. Any other kits I should look at for the same $?

[jasonojordan]

What size tires are you running with that lift?

[scottyb]

uh-oh.
The 100ah min boys will be here in a minute.

[panteramatt]

22" tires. The leaf pack is small, cant remember but I bet its around 40ah right now maybe less

[panteramatt]

From what I gather I would want more ah capacity to handle the load from my controller but most packs I see are around 100amps and this is 160 which is pretty good from my understanding.

[panteramatt]

I just really dont wanna throw out $2500 right now with wanting to also go ac drive. And I could build a pack but the cost would be around $1200 and I woulnt be able to get it built and installed til mid summer and would miss several camping trips by than.

[augiedoggy]

Originally Posted by scottyb

uh-oh.
The 100ah min boys will be here in a minute.

Apparently Scotty is advising 100amps is ok for your setup panteramatt.

[Pat911]

Ah, not A there Augiedoggy, and yes, that was the recommendation before batteries got better and they we’re not able to supply more than 1C of continuous current. That’s not the case today. Continuous amps is far more important than Ah.

[panteramatt]

Correct and isnt 160 continuous amps good?

[augiedoggy]

Originally Posted by Pat911

Ah, not A there Augiedoggy, and yes, that was the recommendation before batteries got better and they we’re not able to supply more than 1C of continuous current. That’s not the case today. Continuous amps is far more important than Ah.

I dont recall a group of anyone telling folks here they need 100ah or better.
I do know the topic of how many amps those 100ah 12v rv/solar batteries actually put out come up all the time. And the topic of how many amps are needed comes up a lot. I use a smaller pack successfully myself as do many here.

YMMV but yesterday I drove my cart around the block in testing by myself and my bms showed 120amps peak and 70-50amps while accelerating...I would think that would be much higher if I had 3 passengers. I have a stock motor and 20" tires.