Oh actually - and regarding your solar panel idea - most people will tell you that's a pipe dream and you'd need a gigantic array to get even a slight range boost and that it will wreck your aerodynamics - but hey, my van was just such an experiment when on campus at Mankato State.
There's a photo of it here: http://www.evalbum.com/4126 If I recall from the materials that came with my van when I bought it, the panels boosted efficiency by 20% on average. Not bad! and that was 1982! I can't say I cared for the repairs I had to make to all the dents left by the solar rack in my thin metal on the roof, but whatever... it can be done! On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:00 AM, J Bills <jbillsn...@flickfx.com> wrote: > There are a few of us out here who have the old Jet Electravans, which are > very similar to that little van you posted. It was based around an 80's > Subaru 600 body and would make a good case study. > > Mine's been heavily modified and upgraded over the years, but if I recall, > the stock Electravans ran just fine on 102v of 6v trojans with a 9" DC GE > motor, good for about 40 miles. > > With a lithium pack and some updated components, it's not hard to get good > range and performance out of such a small package. And the reduced weight > of lithium takes a lot of stress off of the system. I only say this > because I know your range requirements are really low and you might be > tempted with lead, but I would only consider lithium at this stage - take > it from someone who's owned both. > > A wrecked Nissan Leaf pack might make a good option - I've seen them sold > as half packs (12kwh @ 180v). Even if you went with lower grade DC > components for your build (think Curtis instead of Zilla), 90v in parallel > would get you the 40 miles you need and reasonable performance given the > driving patterns you mentioned, I reckon. > > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:12 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >> On 19 Feb 2015 at 8:14, tomw via EV wrote: >> >> > Easiest is to purchase a motor/controller package from one of the >> > suppliers. Purchasing a used fork lift motor requires doing more >> > homework to learn which type to buy - depends on how much time and >> > effort you want to spend. >> >> It's a little dated now because you CAN buy a factory EV at the dealer, >> but >> several years ago, a couple of us EVDLers dreamed up an "EV acquisition >> map." The y and x axes are cost and level of effort. IMO, this applies to >> EV conversion as a subcase, too. >> >> http://www.evdl.org/docs/ev_acquisition_continuum.pdf >> >> 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) >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150220/7b2893fe/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)
