New battery design help

Originally Posted by lnpurnell

We should be able to get this on the market for around twice the price of a lead acid pack

current Trojan 8v price i pay ..$687.84 x2 = $1375.68 ouch

[lnpurnell]

Originally Posted by pachanga90

Maybe team up with someone like ScottyB(Carts Unlimited),who has a reputabl, busy,shop,catering to electric carts and run a test-program thru him and get some real-world feedback from sources other than golf-courses.A 6month,or even a year of testing could be worth hundreds,if not thousands of sales later in my opinion.

Thanks for the heads up, I will get in touch with him soon and work something out :-)

Leigh

[lnpurnell]

Originally Posted by crash test dummy

no 36v ?



3000 cycles = 8.22 years
365 days a year

As we are in the prototype phase we could easily do a 36v pack. We just observed that the 48v pack was the more popular choice for manufacturers so that was where we were going to start.

Leigh.

[lnpurnell]

Originally Posted by CCFanatic

How much would something like this cost?

I dont want to talk too much about price as it has not been finalised and I dont want to get in trouble with the moderators, but we are looking for around £900/$1500

Leigh

[lnpurnell]

Originally Posted by crash test dummy

current Trojan 8v price i pay ..$687.84 x2 = $1375.68 ouch

How long do your lead acid cells last for? We were looking at a 2-3 year cycle if they were used on a regular basis (for a golf club). Our packs have a 10 year life which means they would last 3 times as long.

Leigh

Originally Posted by lnpurnell

How long do your lead acid cells last for? We were looking at a 2-3 year cycle if they were used on a regular basis (for a golf club). Our packs have a 10 year life which means they would last 3 times as long.

Leigh

my experience is 5~6 years ... so that would not have any savings except in the distilled water, maybe wires, weight may be on your side too.. but not really a concern

i drive a 36v security cart every day 10~12 miles and plug it in everyday

i agree a real world test would give you a base for advertising

if your marketing is just to the newer 48v carts then your going to miss the guys like me that run older 36v carts

[sunoco]

Send me a pack, I'll do some testing.

[lnpurnell]

Originally Posted by sunoco

Send me a pack, I'll do some testing.

Would love to get some real world testing done but we only have one kit running at present, maybe in the near future though :-)

Leigh

[RPatten]

Originally Posted by lnpurnell

Would love to get some real world testing done but we only have one kit running at present, maybe in the near future though :-)

Leigh

Pay up on a sponsorship here and talk more.

Originally Posted by RPatten

Pay up on a sponsorship here and talk more.

he's not really selling anything yet... let him get info and feed back from us ..

later we hit them up for freebees