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I supported Toymods
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those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 06:26
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ok, I don't know brand names here, so hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.
at the sylvia club meet (yes, I went. only to laugh, I promise!) I saw a couple of guys with these tiny little batteries, half the size of a normal car battery or smaller, powering their cars.
I was wondering, what are these called, how expensive are they, and how much do they weigh?
I'm weighing up putting the battery in the boot, or grabbing on of these little ones
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Adelaide
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 06:57
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wasnt something like an odyssey or stinger was it. they are small but i wouldnt call them light
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I supported Toymods
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 06:59
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odyssey possibly sounds familiar?
they're light compared to a usual car battery... but I dont know how much... that's why I'm looking for a comparitive weight
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I supported Toymods
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 07:33
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judging by the dimensions, it was smaller than any of those
but I didn't get a great look at it.. was strapped down on a dyno at the time,surrounded in gawkers
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Adelaide
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 07:42
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then im not sure without being able to see them. you sure it wasnt just a real samem battery
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I supported Toymods
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 07:42
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tbh I'm not totally sure
judginy by the weights on that site tho, they're not a whole lot lighter
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 07:47
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They aren't a whole lot lighter, they ARE useful if you want to save space for stuff like IC pipes to run through...thats why my mates Silvia has a little battery.
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Adelaide
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 07:47
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they arent a whole ot lighter. how can you tell they were lighter if they were straped in a car?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 08:38
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well you can only fit so much lead and acid in a certain size battery.. although I guess these ones are dry cell.
in any case, it solves my problem... I use the money to put the battery in the boot.
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Wollongong
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July 2002
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 10:06
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they are drycell which also means you could mount them upside down if you wanted to....
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Brisbane / Gold Coast
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 12:04
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IF you hang on another few years, the next generation of lead-acid battery should be coming out. They'll have every bit as much cranking power as a typical car battery that you know of right now, but they'll be about the size of a packet of cigarettes.
Yes, really, I'm not joking!
I assume that they'll be bloody expensive though.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Thu, 17 October 2002 12:30
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much like the formula 1 batteries
as big as a pack of cigarettes, and just enough charge for 5 mins on the line and 1 start.
but, alas, I'm not going to be waiting a few years (here's hoping and praying), so I'll just go with the re-location 
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Victoria
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September 2002
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Tue, 22 October 2002 01:54
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light. Hmm not a battery with lead in it.
They'd use something like Lithium - Ion.
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Banned by his request
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moved to tamworth
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Tue, 22 October 2002 12:20
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the optima,odyessy and the like are actullay much heavyer than a nomal battery and i mean much. the small one way the same as a large non sealed battery.
they are worth every sent as they are much more powerful. haha they would want to be at over double the price.
mick
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Tue, 22 October 2002 12:26
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Some scientists in the US have found a way to make lead foam up like a sponge, so something a little bigger than a packet of ciggies would have about the same surface area as a conventional battery, that's how they do it.
There's also versions that use lithium and other exotic metals.
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Wed, 23 October 2002 04:55
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| Bill Sherwood wrote on Tue, 22 October 2002 22:26 |
Some scientists in the US have found a way to make lead foam up like a sponge, so something a little bigger than a packet of ciggies would have about the same surface area as a conventional battery, that's how they do it.
There's also versions that use lithium and other exotic metals.
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Very interesting !
Might keep an ear to the ground for one of these 
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Fri, 25 October 2002 01:42
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Sounds like they'd pack a few cca, but might not last as long??
It'd be interesting to see how many Ampere hours/CCA they had compared to the chunky batteries we're currently using.
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Re: those funky light little batteries
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Fri, 25 October 2002 14:26
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Yep, the same cranking power they reckon.
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