On 28 Dec 2012 at 10:07, Steve Clunn wrote: > There is a Rav 4 EV and a Ford ranger waiting for me , both don't work > . If they where DC I'm sure I could fix them
No doubt this is true. However, the problem isn't the AC motor. The reason you can't fix them is that they have proprietary, closed drive systems. If you have good EE chops and a lot of time on your hands, you may be able to reverse engineer the drive (as some of the folks with Dolphin drives in US Electricar EVs have done). However, in most cases unless you have the factory manual, spare parts, and tools, about the only thing you can do with these EVs is gut them and replace the factory drive with a generic, open and/or documented one - your choice, AC or DC. Being an AC drive has nothing to do with it. They could just as well have made a DC drive difficult for non-factory EV mechanics to work on. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
