DC. It's using a Kostov motor, with an Auburn Scientific controller. It was designed to be a high-performance EV.
Anyway, your setup at 120v for a bus will probably work fine. I'm sourcing some components for the civic and found that Trojan is now making AGMs which can be gotten fairly cheaply (atleast by todays lead-acid prices). Regards, Andrew in Albuquerque, NM On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:32 AM, dale henderson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 16 at 12v? = 192v? u doing ac or dc for your civic? > > i just got a 1970 vw bus i've started on: i'm thinking 120v 600amp warp9 > setup > > *Andrew Wowk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Travis, thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to pick up 6 Vector 1087CBDs > today and see how they work. On the plus side, they are easy to try out > temporarily, and can easily be sold if they don't work out. After I use them > a while than I'll disassemble and cut down on the size a lot to mount on my > bike. > > I'm even considering using 16 of them for the Honda Civic I'm working on > if they work ok on the bike. > > Regards, > Andrew in Albuquerque, NM > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Travis Gintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a Vectra, and if you disassemble it, you can make it MUCH > > smaller. Its a smart charger too. I got the 2/10/15A 12V charger. Just > > one to top my batteries off. They're about 40-50 bucks each, but they > > smart charge and trickle... very nice little chargers. > > > > The 2/6/10 should work well too. The bulk of the charger is really all > > in the little orange part... the rest is wires, or the display. > > > > > > > > > > harry > > Albuquerque, NM > http://geocities.com/hendersonmotorcycles/blog.html > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1179 > http://geocities.com/solarcookingman > > ------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your > homepage.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> >
