Paul, First, I can't tell you how happy I am that all of us working together -- you, me, David Turock, and Andrew Roddy, and even Chelsea Sexton behind the scenes -- succeeded in getting you back up and running, back on the road and the campaign trail with David's RAV4-EV! It was truly a team effort that exemplies the best spirit of cooperation, collaboration, and camaraderie in our EV community!
It's interesting to hear that the GM Gen 2+ charger is doing a better job of charging David's RAV4-EV, giving it a better and fuller charge, resulting in greater range, than his TAL did. I have often heard California RAV4-EV drivers talk about how much better the GM Gen 2+ charger is than the TAL, but I was never sure about it myself. I have a Gen 2+ charger installed at Grassroots EV in Fort Pierce that I have used many times, without problem, and it does an excellent job of charging. Second, as for it (that GM Gen 2+ charger that I left down there at David's place) being "MY" unit, as you referred to it, well, that *was* the case, but you and David are now the proud owners of that unit, as David has just bought it from me ... (at my cost, I might add; I have never made a profit on EVers on don't intend to). If you ever have any trouble with that unit, like if it malfunctions, stops working, whatever, just let me know, and I will replace it with another one, free of charge. Paul, since you live in the southern part of Florida's 22nd Congressional District (that you are campaigning for), I know that you are be able to get around to campaign events down there in all of Broward County without needing an intermediate opportunity charge enroute, as long as you leave home on a full charge. And that is even true for destinations in southern Palm Beach County. But for you to be able to drive the RAV4-EV to campaign events and destinations in the northern part of your district, Florida 22nd Congressional District, which basically is northern Palm Beach County, we are going to have to get you familiar with the few charging sites we've got in Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach, where you will need to opportunity charge enroute in order to make it all the way up there and back home. Here are two charging sites, one in Delray Beach, and another in West Palm Beach: 1935 SW 35th Ave. Delray Beach, FL 33445 Contact: Charles Whalen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 561-638-6881 14-50, 40A/240V TAL small-paddle inductive Outside at driveway Access: 7am-9pm, 7 days a week, other times by prior arrangement Lat/Long coordinates: 26.43640100 -80.10820000 119 Datura Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401 10-30, 50A/208V 10-30, 60A/208V Outside at rear, northeast corner of building, facing parking lot Access: 24x7 Lat/Long coordinates: 26.712169 -80.049569 The one in Delray Beach is at my house. Although I have listed access as 7am-9pm, since I know you well and am an enthusiastic supporter of your campaign, you are obviously welcome to stop by here and charge at my place anytime you need to, 24x7, without any prior arrangement or calling ahead. You are always welcome here. My TAL is outside at the driveway. All you have to do is to pull up the driveway and plug the TAL into your RAV4-EV's charge port. The charging site on Datura Street in West Palm Beach is in a parking lot just off of Clematis (on the south side of Clematis), near the end of Clematis, across the street from the public library there, and immediately adjacent to E.R. Bradley's Saloon & Restaurant, behind the restaurant. (Great outdoor restaurant, by the way!) You have a 10-30 plug on the end of the 50-foot charging cable that I have lent you, so you can plug into either of those two 10-30 outlets there. But you should first go into that shop at 119 Datura Street (if it is during business hours) and ask them for permission to charge from those outlets on the back of the building in the parking lot behind the shop. By the way, as for charging at my house, as I recall, last year I measured (on Mapquest), and subsequently verified by driving it, the distance from my house to FAU Jupiter to be 35 miles. So 35 miles out and 35 miles back gives a round-trip of 70 miles. That doesn't leave a whole lot of mileage for Ride 'n Drive demos up there at this event at FAU Jupiter. I attended this specific event last year and decided that to be safe and leave myself plenty of margin, I would limit any Ride 'n Drive demos to 10 miles, so as to keep my total out-and-back mileage to no more than 80 miles. (Even though the car has a range of 120 miles, I like to be safe and limit my legs between charges to no more than 85 miles, or 95 miles at the most, as I did on one occasion when I took a detour to give Matt Graham a ride back home to Hobe Sound from Fort Pierce.) So that's what I did at this event at FAU Jupiter last year. There are two other charging locations in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, respectively, that are not yet on my charging station list (which I *still* have *yet* to get up on a website ... forever the worst procrastinator, I am!). The first one, in West Palm Beach, is Paul Liddle's house, the guy who operates the EVPorsche.com business, which, by the way, I hear is going gangbusters (which is apparently why we don't hear from him much, because he is so busy filling orders and delivering EVs; congratulations Paul!). Here is Paul's address and contact info: Paul Liddle 1288 Glen Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 tel: 561-301-2369 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This location, Paul's house, is just a half-mile south of Southern Blvd., just a quarter-mile west of I-95. This would make a perfect enroute charging site for you. Paul Liddle and I have discussed installing an outside 50A 240V outlet and putting it on our charging station list, which Paul said he'd be willing to do, but we haven't gotten around to doing it yet. Paul is a great guy, a very enthusiastic EVer, and very welcoming and accommodating to all EVers. I have charged at his house many times, and so has Andrew Roddy. But all of Paul's outlets are inside his garage at present. So you need to call ahead and make prior arrangements to charge there when Paul will be there. He is there most of the time, other than when he is away on business travel, as he operates his EV business out of his enormous (Jay Leno size) garage. I forget exactly what type of receptacles Paul has for 240V outlets. You need to check him on that. You (Paul Renneisen) have currently got the ability to plug into 10-30, 14-50, and 14-30 receptacles. If Paul Liddle has different types of receptacles for his 50A 240V outlets, then you will need to stop by my place and pick up the appropriate plug adaptor, as I have adaptors for every type of 240V receptacle known to man. :-) As for distances, it's 22 miles from your (Paul Renneisen's) house to my house in Delray Beach. It's 19 miles from my house in Delray Beach to Paul Liddle's house in West Palm Beach. And as I said, it's 35 miles from my house in Delray Beach to FAU Jupiter. So it's probably about 16 miles from Paul Liddle's house in West Palm Beach to FAU Jupiter. Finally, the last possibility for a charging site is Andrew Roddy's house in Palm Beach: Andrew Roddy 231 Kenlyn Road Palm Beach, FL 33480 tel: 561-848-3781 cell: 561-632-8378 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only inconvenience I see with Andrew's house is that he lives on the far north end of Palm Beach island, so after charging, you'd have to double back and go all the way back down south to Royal Poinciana Way to get off the island, over the bridge into downtown West Palm Beach, and then back to I-95. I know that Andrew has got a 50A 240V outlet, but I don't know whether it's outside at the driveway or inside his garage, and I don't know what the receptacle type is. So here again, you would need to contact and pre-arrange any charging opportunity there with Andrew, find out what type of receptacle he's got, and then if you need an adaptor for that type of receptacle, stop by my place here and I'll lend you the appropriate adaptor plug. Glad to hear that the campaign is going well and fundraising is picking up. Let me know if there is anything else I can do. Hope this is not getting too political for this list. I know we're not supposed to discuss politics here. So if I've way overstepped the bounds (probably have), let me know. It's just very exciting to have as one of our members, and one of our most enthusiastic members at that, the first EV driver in the history of this country to run for Congress! I've got this stuff in my blood as my father was a 6-term Congressman from Ohio, and the first Republican Member of Congress to come out against the Vietnam War. (Oh well, I hope at least *that* is not controversial or too political anymore, being ancient history from 40 years ago.) Best regards, Charles Whalen Director of Public Charging Infrastructure Florida EAA Delray Beach, FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Renneisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] FAU Environment Awareness Day Charles, First, I want to tell you how your efforts made a major difference for another FLEAA member. David Turock's RAV4 is charging with an extra 10-20 miles. Why? I don't know. But your examination and evaluation of the Magne Charger at 3121 NE 57th Court, NOW BACK IN SERVICE, with YOUR unit, shows that the type used by David is at least different in amount of charge it stores. Obviously less. Two, I want you to know that I can make the event described below with David Turock's RAV4 EV. It WILL REQUIRE CHARGING EN ROUTE. Can we use your station or do you recommend another? I will have to leave early for a campaign event in Deer field on the way back. It starts at 7:30 PM. Several folks in Palm Beach have now followed up with checking the web site and making contributions. I look forward to seeing if they come through. We are making daily, if not hourly, successes in this campaign for Congress in the 22nd District. Mail or Act Blue contributions, either way, it is time for folks to join in. Let me know if we can charge en route. I will notify the school upon your reply. The Southern Power chargers are vastly superior in performance to the type that David Turock is using. For peace and prosperity, PAUL RENNEISEN www.Renneisen2008.com Hi all, > > I just got this invitation, which I want to pass along to you all, from > FAU > Jupiter Enviro Club President, Sarah Fannin, for any Florida EAA members who > can make it, to exhibit their EVs at FAU Jupiter's 3rd Annual > Environmental > Awareness Day, on Thursday, April 17th from 3-7pm. I have let Sarah know > that I myself can't make it due to other commitments, but hopefully one of > you, maybe someone near Jupiter, can make it there to show your EV. We have > done a number of events at and with FAU Jupiter and have a good > relationship > with both the university adminstration and the Enviro Club there. We've worked with Sarah on events in the past that have turned out well, including > a showing of WKtEC last year with both Chelsea Sexton and Chris Paine. > > If you would be interested in attending this event, please contact FAU Jupiter Enviro Club President Sarah Fannin directly at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], and she can send you more information, including > the > flyer for the event, which I can also send you by email, if you're interested in attending. > > Thanks, > > Charles Whalen > Florida EAA > Delray Beach, FL > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sarah Fannin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Charles Whalen > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:01 PM > Subject: FAU Environment Awareness Day > > Charles, > > On behalf of the FAU Enviro Club, I'd like to invite you and your organization to participate in our third annual Environment Awareness Day > on > Thursday, April 17th from 3-7pm on our campus here in Jupiter. > > The point of the event is to showcase environmentally oriented > organizations, businesses, and anything else in our area to our university > community. > > For FLEAA specifically, we were wondering if you'd like to do another electric car test drive. Everyone absolutely LOVED it the last time we did > it. > > We'd love to have you there. > > I've attached a participation flier for you to fill out if you're interested. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > We're looking forward to hearing from you! > > Sarah Fannin > FAU Enviro Club President > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
