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    Posted: 24 July 2019 at 10:36am

Lighter, muuuuuch stronger, lasts pretty much forever, no nasty acid leaking out and gooping up your vehicle, but holy smokes these things are expensive!

Here's a video from a pretty well known guy in the EV world about how to build your own LiFePO car battery:


I went through and added up the costs, and its around $300 CHEAPER than the solar-electric one above, still well over $500.
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We went to one of these on 4580 and 4488 after an optima yellow top almost killed me.  Very small, about 3 lbs in weight, could start the engine all day long and even handle winch work.
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Very small, about 3 lbs in weight, could start the engine all day long and even handle winch work.


3lbs?!?  That's like a big grapefruit!!  What brand was it?
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I don't remember off the top of my head.  Was sold as a Jet Ski battery by one of the parts stores.
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Lithium batteries are all the rage in powersport now. They are crazy light.
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