Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread dovepa via EV
ex.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) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scr

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread dovepa via EV
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/

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Jack Wendel via EV
or your input. All of your points are completely valid IF I was going the route you describe. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160115/a0124ca6/attachment.htm> _

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
sguided and, at best, would only be moderately successful but not unbelievably successful. And he was right because he learned it from the hindsight that can only come from first hand experience! . (See, I DO listen to advice!) ;^) Again, thanks for your input. All of your points are co

[EVDL] Series motor overspeed protection

2016-01-15 Thread - - via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Gov. Brown $65/yr CA-Roadtax-Fee for all (not just plugins)

2016-01-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 15 Jan 2016 at 1:23, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > oeThose who have vehicles that don't use any gasoline aren't paying the > gas tax and they're getting to use our roads, Assemblywoman Catherine > Baker told KPIX 5 [TV] on Sunday. Oh, the horror. Guess what else they aren't doing: contributing to

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Jack Wendel via EV
with a crude prototype that with all the planning in the world. I did pretty much everything wrong I could when I built the prototype body. But I never would have learned that had I not said to myself "Screw it... just build SOMETHING!" -- next part -- An HTML attachment

Re: [EVDL] Over-speed protection for a series motor ...

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Series-motor-overspeed-protection-tp4679797.html ] The evdl member must be new as their email is incorrectly set to send out their text as a html attachment (no one can easily read your posts). As our beloved evdl.org sys admin

Re: [EVDL] Series motor overspeed protection

2016-01-15 Thread Bill C. via EV
>The evdl member must be new as their email is incorrectly set to send out their text as a html attachment Sorry about that, my hosting provider recently changed their webmail system and wiped out all the previous settings for text vs HTML, sender's name etc. I think it's fixed now. >Please

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 15 Jan 2016 at 12:52, Jack Wendel via EV wrote: > I just need a seat, steering wheel, pedals, enough crude > instrumentation to ensure I'm not damaging anything and VERY dark > tinted windows! Well, it worked for GM with the Volt. If memory serves, they showed early prototypes with what

Re: [EVDL] Series motor overspeed protection

2016-01-15 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Please tell us more details of your conversion: make, model, year, and how you are driving it. Bill C. via EV wrote: It's a 2002 Ford Focus with and ADC 9 inch motor and Curtis controller, driven mostly on flat roads. It's wired to open the main contactor when the accelerator is released, so

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Jack Wendel via EV
ists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160115/068332f3/attachment.htm> ___ 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 discus

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Jack Wendel via EV
out complaints from Tesla owners that they couldn't outrun cars that they thought they should outrun on paper. Not in initial acceleration but in passing power or what we call a "roll on". Guess they shoulda bought an ICE! Sorry, couldn't resist. ;^) -- next part -- An HTM

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Paul Dove via EV
I can try to explain the significance. I believe he uses Kokam LiPo cells. The have a very high energy density. They can operate continuously at 10 C but will cause heating and capacity loss... C being the capacity of the cell so a 2Ah cell can put out 20 amps continuous and up to 8 C without

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread via EV
Thanks Paul. I had seen those C references on this list in the past but had no clue what the significance was. > On Jan 15, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Paul Dove wrote: > > I can try to explain the significance. > > I believe he uses Kokam LiPo cells. The have a very high energy

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread via EV
Paul replied: > John metric uses lithium polymer batteries like the ones used in quad > copters. Can you enlighten the ignorant on the significance of that? It doesn't mean anything hing to me. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE:

[EVDL] High specific power cells/packs (was:Leaf donor car?.....)

2016-01-15 Thread Bill Dube via EV
Folks talk about C-rate, but what you really care about is specific power. That is the maximum number of watts that a cell will put out, divided by it's weight. Power to weight is what it is all about. (A capacitor has phenomenal C rate, but only a _tiny_ capacity. What good does that do you

Re: [EVDL] Series motor overspeed protection

2016-01-15 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
My EV truck does have an overspeed sensor (a sensor sitting next to the rear shaft of the motor, which has a pulley for the steering pump belt and that pulley has an extra screw which passes in front of the sensor, so only one pulse per rotation, I believe though I did not bother to inspect the

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
People who build racing packs, such as Lightning Motorcycle, use brands not really available to "hobbyists/converters" such as Enerdel. Enerdel expects that their cells (in pairs, each on one side) are sitting against a metal sheet that is heatsink for the cells, this is brought out to the side

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Paul Dove via EV
out a 40 mile range, but at a price. > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160115/068332f3/attachment.htm> > ___ > UNSUBS

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Re: Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
Jack, A few thoughts here. First, let me say that I'm not as negative on this idea as some here seem to be. But I suggest that you try not to get too miffed at the naysayers. There's wisdom in what they say. Hop in and grab what helps you, and leave the rest. Second, I think your

[EVDL] EVLN: Another new GM EV right-hand-drivers won’t get> pre-Bolt

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
% Duh> Right-Hand-Drive markets don't have a CARB mandate (?!?) % http://www.motoring.com.au/detroit-motor-show-another-new-gm-ev-wont-bolt-down-under-100888/ DETROIT MOTOR SHOW: Another new GM EV we won’t get January 13, 2016 Bruce Newton [images

[EVDL] EVLN: pre-Bolt specs & inside views and details

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/11294/Inside-the-Chevrolet-Bolt-EV.aspx Inside the Chevrolet Bolt EV January 12, 2016 Kagan Pittman [images / © General Motors http://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/w_640,h_640,c_limit/Bolt_3_g0wagy.jpg

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Daniel Eyk via EV
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[EVDL] EVLN: Gov. Brown $65/yr CA-Roadtax-Fee for all (not just plugins)

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/gov-jerry-brown-vehicle-fee-fix-roads-bridges/ Gov. Brown Proposes $65 Vehicle Fee To Fix Crumbling Roadways January 11, 2016 Anne Makovec [video http://cbsloc.al/1ZWMIlS ] SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) – Gov. Jerry Brown has revived a proposal to help fix

[EVDL] EVLN: Leaf EV hatchback reaches the top of Arthur's-Pass.nz

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/75760774/electric-hatchback-reaches-the-top-of-arthurs-pass Electric hatchback reaches the top of Arthur's Pass January 11 2016 JACK MONTGOMERIE [image / MARTIN KANE/SUPPLIED

[EVDL] Poor wealthy e-motorcycle-EVSE bizman> Banks won't ca$h his coins.cn

2016-01-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
% For fear of fake knock-offs.cn % http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1900066/no-small-change-chinese-businessman-has-18-tonnes-dollar-coins No small change: Chinese businessman has 1.8 tonnes of dollar coins on his hands 12 January, 2016 Gloria Chan [images