On 27 Jan 2013 at 20:51, Peri Hartman wrote: > A lot of houses come with water "barrels" and resistance wire inside. How > hard would it be to disconnect your hot water tank circuit and tap into that?
Possible, but at 144v or 160v, a typical 4500w 240v water heater will be a fairly modest load. If I did the math right in my head, it would be 2000 watts at 160v - only 12.5a. Might as well just use the vehicle's heater. On 27 Jan 2013 at 21:39, John Lussmyer wrote: > A really cheap 1000W inverter, a 500W halogen lamp, and a mechanical > clock. I use a jig like this for 12v and 24v batteries, and it works great. But for testing an entire 144v or 160v pack for problems, it has some limitations. You really need to apply a load to the entire pack to catch problems with interconnects and wiring. Load-testing 12v at a time can be useful for testing the batteries themselves, but is apt to miss the other problems. 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)
