Thanks Victor! Once again you come through for me! This email is headed straight for my permanent archives!
So I shouldn't do anything less than 16 YTs in my pack. Maybe since I'm now going to get a T-Rex I should just go all-out and go for 18 or 20? Thanks again! Matt On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 03:25 PM, Victor Tikhonov wrote: >> Ok, so how many batteries do I need? > Very, VERY rough estimate: > > Your Civic will do about 200 Wh/mile > > One YT at 2C-4C discharge rates is about 40 Ah, > > 80% of it is useable to you (unless you want to kill the pack in > a hurry), so 32 Ah. > > One optima, then has 12V*32Ah=384Wh stored and available. > Since you waste 200Wh/mile, one Optima gves you 384/200=1.92 miles > range. > > So you just divide the range you want (in miles) by 1.92 and > find out how many 12V YT Optimas you need. > > 20 miles = 10.4 Optimas > 30 miles = 15.6 Optimas > 40 miles = 20.8 Optimas > and so on. > > For R O U G H reference only. > > Victor -- Composed on "Ti", my Titanium PowerBook G4. Transported by "Li'l G", my 2000 Honda Insight #5359. 58,500 mi. since 3.1.01 with 71.6 L(ifetime)MPG. Life is good. Thank the Lord.
