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Originally Posted by Cobb
I drive any where from 26 miles a day to alnost 300. Id want something to last that. I guess 2 or 4kw wont cut it? I want to max fuel economy, but not carry so much weight in batteries it hurt it.
I just can not believe 10% was the net benefit, I am sure with more careful driving vs setting the cruse control to the posted limit could beat that.
So,in that case are we looking at 8 or 16kw?
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My 10% benefit MAY be lower than what another system of 2KW capacity can achieve. I did start out with a 4KW system, thinking more is always better - wink, wink. However, the extra weight of the additional weight of the extra 2KW (vs. a 2KW system) made for sluggish handling AND I found there invariably was one or more cells going low which would throw the warning light on the Enginer master switch mounted on the dash. This light says "you should switch off the system now to protect your cells from the damage caused by excessively low discharge". So unless you have a killer battery balancer to prevent this sort of condition, you're in the position of NOT being able to take advantage of the charge left in the other non-discharged cells anyhow.
