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Old 06-22-2011, 08:48 AM   #9
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Default Re: New lithium battery discussion

I researched lithium batteries for my cart, but when you get into comparable amp hours, they get very expensive. The reason I lost interest was due to a conversation I had with the company that sold me my AC motor and controller. They described that they had begun testing lithium batteries in (electric) car conversions but that when the packs are increased to 72 volts or higher, the batteries become unstable. They described an incident where one of the batteries exploded, caught fire and they literally threw it into a 50 gallon drum where it burned submerged under water!

Of course, this is only what I have been told, but this company is not in the business of selling batteries, so I don't have any reason to believe they would be lying.

Scared me enough to return to lead batteries.

I am anxious for this technology though!!

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