Rip Roland. I’m sorry for your loss and the loss to the community. Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 30, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > He would have been my favorite uncle, too :) Best of luck getting the car to > work and I hope you enjoy its uniqueness ! > Peri > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Tom Wilhelm via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: "Tom Wilhelm" <wilh...@gorge.net> > Sent: 28-Sep-19 9:40:48 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Roland Wiench > >> Hello all, >> I am Roland Wiench’s nephew and I live in Hood River, Oregon. Roland was my >> favorite Uncle and we worked on many projects together in my childhood. >> Roland was an electrician at an the Montana Air National Gaurd and I got to >> see a lot of industrial projects as a young kid. I was his helper on wiring >> my parents home. He also taught me rigging, welding and construction. He >> was always kind about my mistakes....In 2006 he came out to visit and >> insisted in tidying up my circuit breaker panels before the inspector came >> to sign off. The inspector was at a loss for words at the neatness and >> labeling of the wires. Said he thought he was looking at an airplane >> component. As an adult, I frequently called on him regarding wiring >> questions about size, voltage drop service entrance for my house, barn, also >> a 3-phase to single phase conversion of a monarch 10ee lathe, building power >> supplies for amplifiers, etc. in March 2018 Roland had a slip and fall >> causing an epidural hemorrhage in his brain resulting in a non-survivable >> outcome. I sorely miss my uncle despite some of his answers that started >> at the electron. >> >> Roland willed his car to me and it is sitting in my yard. I have driven >> it about a mile after I picked it up. It took me a good hour to start it as >> Roland >> Had told me it would be difficult to steal due to the amount of switches. >> The car >> sat over the winter and the 12 volt battery (not main battery pack) >> discharged >> and now it won’t start despite a new battery. I believe the brain (hair ball >> 2?) of the >> system needs constant power to retain its programming. My new shop will be >> dried in this month and I hope to move the car in and sort out the system >> and >> get it running. I know he drove it every day rain or shine. If it’s ok, i’d >> like to ask some of you questions when the time comes about getting this car >> up and running again. >> >> Thanks so much for the kind words about Roland. >> >> Tom Wilhelm >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
