The first step now that its at my house is actually to figure out what is wrong with the charger -- it's not charging the batteries at all. Which is why the main bank is sitting at 60 volts -- - arg.... :) I can individually charge 24 volts at a time at about 50 amps, so a day of individually charging sets of them will at least get the main bank charged so I can test the rest of it.
z On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Zeke Yewdall <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the specs, the motor is from D&D, and is 12.28" long x 6.7" > diam, and weighs 62 lbs. > > If it were me, I'd probably go with the AC-35 or AC-50 from HPEV's... I > like the specs on those, and what I've been hearing about their performance. > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Lee Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/23/2013 4:18 PM, Danpatgal wrote: >> >>> Lee Hart wrote >>> >>>> Is the 6.7" series DC motor enough for this heavy of a car? >>>>> >>>> The L91 in my LeCar is more than adequate to do 70 mph. >>>> >>> >>> You don't actually go 70 in your LeCar, do you ? ;) >>> >> >> It takes a while to get up to 70 mph, but it does get there. :-) No, I >> don't normally drive it over 55 mph, as none of the roads around here have >> posted speed limits that high. >> >> Note that I don't have the stock Lectric Leopard Prestolite 48v motor, >> but instead an ADC L91. I have a Curtis 1231C controller. I also had a >> 132vdc pack at the time of the 70 mph speed run. It's at 120vdc now. I >> haven't tried to see how fast it will go now. >> >> >> I also have the L91 in my LeCar, I've maxed out at 65 (once), and with >>> more >>> than 250 amps (at 120v) >>> >> >> Odd. Mine draws about 70 amps at 50 mph, 100 amps at 60 mph, and 150 amps >> at 70 mph. >> >> >> I've been happy with it in the small vehicle - it's no tire burner, but I >>> generally keep up with traffic. >>> >> >> Same here. The L91 is no racing motor, but it is decent for an >> around-town car. >> >> For a small car like a Beetle, to get 50-60 miles range with >>> >>> lead, you've got to have 1000 lbs of lead, or MORE. >>> >> >> I'd say that's about right. John Bryan was getting that kind of range >> with his Karmann Ghia with 16 Optimas (about a 900 lbs pack), but he was >> very good at keeping his rolling resistance low. >> >> >> To me that's not worth the weight performance hit, space requirements, >>> hassle to keep watered, worse winter sagging, Puekert effect and short >>> pack life, compared to lithium. >>> >> >> That may all be true to some extent. There are ways to deal with all >> these issues. However, I have gotten 15 years and three lead-acid packs for >> less than it would have cost me for lithium. And I don't know if the >> lithiums will actually have lasted that long. >> >> I live in a small town, and lead meets my driving needs. So I'm content >> to let others go first! :-) >> >> >> If I had another $5k I'd have replaced the motor and controller and put >>> in >>> the HPEVS AC50. Perhaps in my next build (if it ever happens) or upgrade >>> #2. >>> >> >> More money = more performance and better range. Each person just needs >> to decide how much he needs, and is willing to pay. >> -- >> Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls >> and looks like work. -- Thomas A. Edison >> >> -- >> Lee A. Hart, >> http://www.sunrise-ev.com/**LeesEVs.htm<http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: >> http://www.evdl.org/help/**index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> >> http://lists.evdl.org/**listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ >> **group/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/20130523/27cf3438/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)
