joeriv
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I found prices for the Valence Battery on Energy Bay - the 40 amp is $699.
VitaminJ said:Ok, so this thread is almost 4 years old. The batteries being posted about then were way too heavy and way too expensive. There is no need for a large AGM or lithium battery designed to start an ICE car.
What we need is an exceptionally lightweight battery like this motorcycle battery:
https://www.batterystuff.com/powersports-batteries/LFX14L2-BS12.html#WayPointTechSpecs
2lbs, $145. That's more like it.
GerryAZ said:That Battery Tender brand motorcycle battery has only 96 watt hours (8 ampere hours at 12 volts) of energy storage. I doubt that is sufficient to reliably handle residual load of the Leaf when parked.
Style: (12V, 26-35Ah, 480 ICA, 102.4 Watt Hrs.)
LeftieBiker said:GerryAZ said:That Battery Tender brand motorcycle battery has only 96 watt hours (8 ampere hours at 12 volts) of energy storage. I doubt that is sufficient to reliably handle residual load of the Leaf when parked.
Style: (12V, 26-35Ah, 480 ICA, 102.4 Watt Hrs.)
I assume this means it's 20AH at least? Adequate if not generous. Personally, I think the best most reliable way to go is with a larger AGM battery.
GerryAZ said:That Battery Tender brand motorcycle battery has only 96 watt hours (8 ampere hours at 12 volts) of energy storage. I doubt that is sufficient to reliably handle residual load of the Leaf when parked.
maini said:looks like a good one for the price
https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/lithium-iron-batteries/sstx30q-fp.html
MalcolmReynolds said:The battery tender one is a 26-35ah battery or so it claims on the specs. There are at least 3 sizes smaller, but this is the largest capacity one that they have. Looking at what others were saying about at least 20ah I thought this one might work.
Thomas Edison said:The storage battery is one of those peculiar things which appeals to the imagination, and no more perfect thing could be desired by stock swindlers than that very self-same thing. Just as soon as a man gets working on the secondary battery it brings out his latent capacity for lying.
Stanton said:maini said:looks like a good one for the price
https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/lithium-iron-batteries/sstx30q-fp.html
Yes it does. Mentions "internal cell balance" and the Leaf will never exceed the 15v rated max charging voltage.
They only mentioned 530 CCA in the spec (not too bad); is there a way to convert CCA -> AHr?
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