Thanks Bill I'm used to towing my conversions over the years to shows further away than range and also occasionally home to fix when something burps. I don't feel comfortable not having that option with factory EV s. It sounds like even if you were able to disconnect the motor wires there could be overheating on the motor Best regards Mark
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2016, at 10:34 PM, Bill Dube <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm going to take a guess that the coolant pump should be on and > circulating coolant to the motor and controller. When you spin a PM motor, > even when it is off, it still generates some amount heat due to eddy current > losses. This would be especially true at sustained highway speeds. > > When you put the car in "neutral" you aren't really disconnecting anything > mechanical. (The motor still spins.) You are just signalling the motor > controller not to do anything, like use the generated power to charge the > battery (regen). > > However, if you can actually turn on the vehicle, and the wheels would > roll correctly, why would you need to have it towed? > > Bill D. > >> On 11/25/2016 5:51 PM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: >> I know the operator manuals on my Leaf and Spark EV say they can't be towed >> with 4 wheels down but why not can't you just put it in neutral or >> disconnect the motor wires? On all my conversions I've had no problems >> towing wheels down. Both say to use a tow dolly >> Thanks Mark >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >> Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
