- Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:58 am
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I've got all my power wheels (4 right now) and 3 others all converted to 18v using Lithium Ion batteries from Makita, it's really easy, there is no cutting involved (even the stock connector), and it's guaranteed to not have issues mounting batteries, the batteries are 4.5ah and are available on ebay for $55 give to take a few dollars.
I did however just purchase two setups to convert two cars to 18v with the 3 6v 12ah batteries , that was also very costly and I am trying it out to see if I prefer one version over the other.
I was thinking of selling a conversion kit on ebay or here for that matter (not so much for profit, I have a day job, just figured something for fun), I figure 1 battery and charger would cost $100 roughly, the wiring and circuit breaker w/ connectors would be around $10, make up some nice how to videos and some paper directions and post them for sale, the issue is I think people would have a hard time paying $150 for something like this. I also thought of including HPI Motors with the gears installed for another $40-50.
I wanted to initially go 18v but was a bit overwhelmed at the switches and wiring diagrams involved, so I came up with an idea that actually worked, the run time is around 10-15 min per battery, it takes 10 seconds to change to a new battery which can actually be stored next to the other battery.
Any thoughts?
I did however just purchase two setups to convert two cars to 18v with the 3 6v 12ah batteries , that was also very costly and I am trying it out to see if I prefer one version over the other.
I was thinking of selling a conversion kit on ebay or here for that matter (not so much for profit, I have a day job, just figured something for fun), I figure 1 battery and charger would cost $100 roughly, the wiring and circuit breaker w/ connectors would be around $10, make up some nice how to videos and some paper directions and post them for sale, the issue is I think people would have a hard time paying $150 for something like this. I also thought of including HPI Motors with the gears installed for another $40-50.
I wanted to initially go 18v but was a bit overwhelmed at the switches and wiring diagrams involved, so I came up with an idea that actually worked, the run time is around 10-15 min per battery, it takes 10 seconds to change to a new battery which can actually be stored next to the other battery.
Any thoughts?
Last edited by JimmyPGE on Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:47 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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