I know nothing about it, but would love to see a bunch of pictures of it as it progresses along.
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:21 AM zvwbus via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > This is my first post to this list/forum, so please bear with me. I am a > collector of old VWs, and I had long known that VW had developed EVs in the > '70s, and I always wanted one. A friend of mine came up with one a few > years back, and I bought it from him. It is a 1979 VW bus which was > originally owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. They bought and tested > ten of these vehicles in 1979. (NASA tested one in '77). I know many > things about VW buses, and I am fairly mechanically inclined, but I know > next to nothing about this drive system. The bus has been off the road for > 20+ years and I am trying to get it going with as much of the original > drivetrain as possible. I hope that someone has some knowledge of this > system and how it works. > > The sparse technical literature that I have shows that the Motor is: > Siemens > 1 GV 1161-Z and the controller is a Siemens 6 RB 1000-1BA > > The literature says that it has regenerative braking. > > The transmission is set in 2nd gear permanently. I turned the axles, and > the motor turns. > > It is designed to run on 144 volts, but it is supposed to work from > 110v-170v. I strung 11 12v auto batteries together and got 137v The volts > make it to the connection at the controller, and I turned the ignition > switch on and press the accelerator and nothing happens. This is where my > expertise runs out. > > I can run a multi-meter, and I know how electricity works in general, as I > can and have made every part of the electrical system work on any number of > old 6v Volkswagens. > > The questions I have are: > > 1) Does anyone here have working knowledge of an ancient Siemens > controller? > > 2) How does the regenerative braking work? > > 3) the literature says that it is a shunt wound DC motor. Can I test the > motor by supplying voltage directly to it? If so, how much voltage should > I > use to test it? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Sent via Linux -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190524/19a8bb1a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
