expensive but best quality - http://www.metricmind.com/category/ev-auxiliary-water-pumps/
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Cor van de Water <[email protected]> wrote: > It will definitely be hard to find a self-priming pump > as all automotive water pumps are in a system that has > the water pump filled at all times. > In fact, the coolant typically lubricates the pump, so > you do not want it to run dry. > For example the Prius has the hybrid inverter coolant pump > sitting just under the inverter, with the loop also passing > through the transaxle to cool the motors. The small bottle > that holds the balance of the coolant sits right next to > the inverter and is open to the air, so there is no pressure > in the circuit, the pump creates a small waterfall in the > bottle to show coolant flow, the coolant drains back into > the system at the bottom of the bottle, going through the > heatsink on the bottom of the inverter and through the motor. > Those pumps are run by a brushless motor and the pump fan > is magnetic coupled to the motor, so there is no seal to > wear out and leak - it is permanently sealed. > I would look into such a pump, they are about $50 on Ebay. > Less if yo uwalk into a pick-n-pull junkyard and much more > if you go to a Toyota dealer to get a new one. > > Success, > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Peter C. Thompson > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 3:51 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: [EVDL] What is a good water pump to use for an EV? > > Hi Folks, > > I'm having a rough time finding a good water pump that can cool my motor > > and controller. Most of the 12v water pumps out there are not rated for > > continuous use (e.g. more than 5 to 10 minutes). Those that are rated > for continuous use are typically not self-priming. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Cheers, Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130920/9481c0e8/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)
