Originally Posted by
electric1
400 amps will destroy these batteries instantly.
At what voltage does the generator create 400 amps? I have never seen a portable generator capable of 400 amps, this is huge current. Unless its 400 amps at only 12V, which is not going to help in electric car, since you need much higher voltage.
These batteries are not very good for EV since they are not deep cycle and will not last long and will provide very little range. It all depends on your expectations from this conversion.
Let me know if you need any help with EV conversion...
its a medium size diesel generator, there deep cycle cheap batterys, i just wanna know if i regulated x amount of amps into the batterys while running would i extend my range more, or would it not matter?
i dont know the average amp i could put into a battery before it would explode, i know 400 is wayy!!! to much... i was thinking maybe 30ams or 40ish with a cutoff per battery so it wont overcharge??
reason being of that, i know you can get better batterys but im getting these really super super cheap and even if my range isnt good i just wanna get it working a mess with the bugs.
I have a feeling though 30amps or 40 continiously on each battery should hold the charge on them.
maybe im wrong.... who knows but its sure as hell tempting!!
if this makes sence cool, if not ill explain more
as for voltage i dont know, i just read amps.... figured thats all you need to know for charging 12v batterys...
average household car battery chargers charge batterys at around what amp?
cliffnotes is i have 400amps constant to play with, 10 batterys for the motor 2 for the lights stereo and other things in the cabin.
if i put 40amp regulators that wouldnt overcharge the deep cycle batterys on all 10 and used all 400amps on all 10 batterys using a warp9 motor and a LogiSystems Controller 120 Volt 550 Amps controller am i gonna extend my range by charging the batterys while i drive?
or am i just wasting energy and should just go with the plug me in every night method on better batterys?