It does take a lot of persistence to overcome my innate tendency to overcomplicate things…
Thanks! On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:24 PM, "SLPinfo.org" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeremy, > > Congrats! I'm sure I'm not alone in this but I really admire your > persistence. > > Peter Flipsen Jr > On Apr 10, 2013 12:17 PM, "Jeremy Green" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, my Honda CRX EV is finally back on the road after 11 years of >> inactivity. >> I took the EV apart 11 years ago because the water pump needed to be >> replaced and there were a few other upgrades I wanted to do. >> Then, my brother moved his shop to another state and then 8 1/2 years ago >> I had my first kid. >> So, it sat idle for a long time and as these things tend to do (with me), >> the scope of the project got much bigger. >> I decided to upgrade the controller and replace my transmission with a >> later model Integra transmission since there were better clutch options and >> it is a much beefier transmission. >> So, this involved custom mounts and a new adapter plate. Of course, I >> couldn't find anyone who had the adapter plate I needed so I decided to >> machine my own on my CNC machine. >> The CNC machine had been moved to my brother's new shop in RI (from >> Massachusetts) and needed quite a bit of work to get it going again (again, >> as I tend to do, I made it a bigger project by replacing the windows >> controller software with EMC 2 running on linux). >> So, it was quite a while before I actually had the adapter plate machined >> (December of 2010). >> Anyway, I'm back on the road with a Zilla controller and 64 CALB 100 ah >> cells (unfortunately, the old blue case ones). >> I went from having a range of around 25 miles to what looks like 65 and >> the car is a much more reasonable weight. >> There's a lot to be done still but at least now I can drive the car! >> >> So, on to the fun mystery. I was testing the car out on the highway the >> other day and noticed that under hard acceleration, the brake light came >> on. I was a little confused and thought either the fluid was low and >> sloshing or that I had messed up the wiring for the idiot lights. Then I >> realized that one of my high voltage cable goes right next to the master >> cylinder and, the float switch for the brake fluid level is a reed switch. >> So, under hard acceleration when there was a lot of current going through >> the cable, it was generating enough of a magnetic field to cause the reed >> switch to pull in. I only had to move the cable a tiny bit to get it to go >> away. >> I expected to be having to track down some problem in the wiring. I was >> happy to find it was a simple (and interesting) problem with an easy fix. >> >> Glad to be back among the EV drivers! I almost broke down and bought a >> leaf a year or so ago… >> >> -Jeremy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130410/6577e621/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > 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)
