Tag: Polaris Ranger

Polaris Ranger Lithium Battery Conversion

We were able to revive three of the eight batteries that came with the Ranger, but we need four to move. So we’ve removed all of the lead acid batteries & cleaned up the trays. Battery acid isn’t great for a steel plate — baking soda water to neutralize it, then a scrub.

As a proof of concept, we’ve got the 48v lithium battery in the bed and will temporarily wire it into the vehicle. It’s wild that the one orange battery has about as much usable power as four of the red ones. Weighs about the same, takes up slightly more space but not that much.

EV UTV!

When we picked up the field goal posts, we also checked out a Polaris Ranger EV that was being auctioned by a park / habitat preservation entity. We actually won the auction! Scott and Anya went out today to pick it up. The batteries are shot (of course! We’d measured the voltages already and bid with the assumption that new batteries would be needed), but everything looks solid otherwise. Fingers crossed we can get 48v of the batteries working to boot it up and confirm everything is functional.