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Old 01-10-2022, 10:27 AM
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I called STM Carts in Ocala, based upon a good review from TOTV. They gave me a reasonable price to instal the RoyPow unit I wanted, the 105AH model.
They gave me a date in early February to get it done.

Someone who has installed a few of these units, from the "Buggies Gone Wild" forum mentioned above, said they don't fit into a DS without some modification of the battery compartment. STM did not mention this.

I got an email from STM last week stating that due to "availability problems" with the unit I wanted, they had to cancel me, and didn't know when they'd have more batteries. Likely, they said, it would be "months".
I contacted RoyPow and told them the story and they claim they have plenty of batteries, and in fact, STM took a delivery in late December.

The lack of eagerness to put me on a waiting list, or tell me they'd contact me as soon as they knew something has me smelling a rat. So I've decided to have another batch of lead-acid batteries installed, and drive those for a few years. I'll revisit the Li-Ion option then. Another 3 or 4 years to iron out the wrinkles can't hurt.