The truck in Seattle was being driven and was getting 50 mile range. No obvious damage to the EV parts, other than a cracked case on one of the chargers. Controller was built in Blaine, WA, but a brand I did not recognize.
> What happened to the their EV sound similar to what happened to my S-10 > Blazer EV conversion (after 15 years, I was in the wrong place at the > wrong time). The vehicle was not worth repairing but all the EV guts > were still good. > > I was able to sell the whole wrecked EV to a couple of men who said they > were converting a light truck to daily commute between Campbell, up over > the Santa Cruz (~2000') mountains down to Santa Cruz (near the Pacific > Ocean. Here's a map > http://goo.gl/maps/SmDWH > ). It may be about ~30 miles as the crow flies but is about 55+ miles > worth of energy. I suggested a higher voltage design than mine, and to > include a j1772 adapter to use with one of my six on-board chargers. > > So somewhere out there, is a conversion still driving on my 15 year old > EV parts. > % EVs are like Mom's ol' Maytag washer, they just keep going, and going, > and ... % > > ... > Similar to the above, anyone considering doing a conversion near > Seattle, WA may want to check-out this wrecked conversion (below). It > may have many if not all the parts you will need to build your own EV > conversion. Contact them (below) and see what works for you. > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > - > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013, at 08:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> At All German Auto Wrecking in south Seattle, there is a 1981 red VW >> truck >> EV conversion that has been wrecked beyond repair. It just came in. It >> still has all the EV parts, 2 chargers, DC-DC converter, DC motor, >> controller, etc. I measured the interstate deep discharge batteries and >> all 20 are 6v+ with slight imbalance in specific gravity. They are not >> asking a lot for it, and I hope someone gets there to save the good >> parts >> from being scrapped. > - > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ 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)
