MyNissanLeaf does have schematics (reverse engineered) of the Leaf BMS and
yes, the 430 Ohm resistors are the bypass resistors.
Cor.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 1:08 AM George Tyler via EV wrote:
> This is what I found there, other forums say something similar.
> "Shunt resisters are 430 ohm across
Someone local is conducting interviews for a new business model that could help
short range EV owners (less than 100 miles range) when they occasionally want
to make longer trips and they would prefer to still use EV for those trips.
Her name is Brandi and she will try to interview as many
All grid tie central inverters (so, not the micro inverters) take input voltage
above 400V so they can direct switch the AC output without transformers. Input
is typically up to 1000V these days.
I plan on installing solar strings of at least 400V so that I can always charge
my EVs by direct
The < 10mA bypass capability of the Leaf BMS is the reason that it is working
ALL THE TIME, as long as there is 12V battery power.
And yes, it *does* keep that whole pack in balance, since good cells have less
than a few mA self discharge.
I actually run 2 Leaf BMS’es in my EV truck and they
Lee,
That is exactly the purpose of the small solar panels that you can buy used on
Craigslist or Ebay. VW has been shipping their vehicles with a small solar
panel plugged into the lighter plug, to keep the aux battery topped off during
the weeks or months the car is sitting somewhere waiting
The author did not do his due diligence before releasing his article.
Almost 3 years ago Enel opened a V2G hub for charging and grid
stabilization in Denmark, using Enel V2G chargers.
Enel has also already released a 15kW V2G charger that works with Nissan
Leaf.
So, the claim that Wallbox is the
Bob, you probably lost 1 capacity bar?
Power is indicated by the round bubbles across the top of the display.
My 2013 lost 4 bars and I can still comfortably commute 2x 20 miles on the
freeway and have range to spare unless I do 75+ both ways. Staying under
the limit consumes about 1/3 of the
V2G was done by others as well.
My daily driver for 3 years (2005-2008) was a US Electricar truck that was
re-converted in 1995 (original conversion by USE in 1994) to receive a
“WaveDriver” inverter as well as a large 3-phase inductor and a modified AVCON
charging plug to allow connection to a
I received my 2002 Prius, which I bought in 2004 w front end damage, but
that is another story, at 12k mi and indeed already half-worn tire edges
from running 32 PSI all around.
I pumped them to 45-47 PSI and then they started wearing evenly, so
somewhere around 36k I needed new tires.
Note that
Bruce, I think this is not what Lawrence had in mind. He asked for skinnier
tires to reduce contact and thus drag. Similar to what is done in the i3.
That EV has 155 front width, 175 rear.
Cor.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 10:27 PM brucedp5 via EV wrote:
>
>
I believe that even Vectrix uses this principle on their electric
motorbike sized scooter: twist the handlebar grip forward to
accelerate, twist backwards to regen and stop. Use the handlebar brake
levers if regen is not sufficient.
The BMW EVs of a couple years ago had one-pedal-drive in the
Problem is not only FOB.
Biggest issue is that strongish Radio signals trigger the computer to think
the horn button is pressed and results in horn honking when an officer
radios in to HQ, or some motorcyclists use their two way radios or the
police station calls out to a remote cruiser...
That is
Dealer yes, private person, no.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 10:21 PM evtlfp20 via EV wrote:
> is there some way to tell by the vin no. or nissain to see if any older
> has the battery replaced by dealer or other person ?
> ___
> UNSUBSCRIBE:
Find out how many bars the car has left and you have a decent indicator of
current range, as well as a guidance how it will progress, there are online
calculators that predict the range remaining in future.
Cor.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 11:01 AM evtlfp20 via EV wrote:
> we live in a small town and
Agreed on the disqualification of the lazy writer with a slant.
On the technical issues: this has been no different than the Fearmongering
about the Prius when it started becoming more of a threat to oil profits.
One of the very qualified contributors to the Prius Technical Stuff yahoo
group did
2011 are old enough that there is hardly any correlation to the remaining
capacity.
Some may be on their original, almost 9 years old, battery and probably
have severely limited range. I have seen the Craigslist ad for the 4 bar
Leaf, it had lost 8 bars and had barely any range remaining, like 20
LeafSpy connects from your cell phone via Bluetooth (or WiFi, though less
commonly) to an OBD2 plug of type ELM327, though not all versions of it are
working well. Try to get one that says version 1.5 because I heard that
later versions are cost optimized and lost the second CAN bus interface.
The
Another data point: the US Electricar used a manual transmission to mate to
the Hughes ACIM (AC Induction Motor) with 9,000 rpm redline. The
transmission gear shifter was removed and a bracket locked the transmission
permanently in 2nd gear. Rear diff seems standard 3.73 while the Tremec
(Borg
Dear Mark,
You know the data, you know that California is building an unnecessary
infrastructure, you just choose to have a different opinion about it.
Does not change reality.
Reality is that today the Model 3 charges fast enough that you can drive around
the clock and as long as you want by
Mark,
Do you have any data to prove the outrageous claim that all 3 FCEVs in your
family have better efficiency than most BEVs?
The data that I have seen so far does not bear that conclusion.
If Hydrogen embrittlement is not a problem, why are there Standards and codes
to control
I never saw so many car trailers loaded full of new vehicles on the road in
the Bay Area.
And it is rare to see a car trailer with anything else than either salvage
cars or all new Teslas, with the latter in the vast majority.
Our parking lot is adjacent 101 freeway and when i walk between
Usually when a bms or computer has a problem, it will disable driving, but
it depends on the vehicle design.
Your problem however suggests that the onboard charger has a problem and
faults. Some chargers use a resettable breaker or GFCI monitor, so it might
be as simple as resetting the safety
Any errors reported on the EVSE side or is it strictly EV problem?
Did you check the usual, such as all fuses OK and no removed service
disconnect from the battery?
On Mon, May 27, 2019, 3:08 AM Bill Collins via EV wrote:
> Does anyone here have any experience diagnosing the Smart ED? Here's
>
Easiest way to wire this circuit:
Connect hi and lo beam wires to the two "common" contacts.
Measure the hi beam wire connection to the outside contact in the setting
for lo beam. Leave that contact open and wire the other 3 outside contacts
to +12v if the lights return is ground.
Good luck,
Cor.
Anecdotal evidence: I have charged a grand total of 1 time at the public
charging station across the street, due to not planning ahead. Every other
time, I charge at home or work.
So, for me the balance lies at over 99% private charging.
I suspect others have similar experience and this skews the
Where is the car located - the question asked by every reader of every
"selling local" ad, ever - when posted without identifying where "local" is
located...
On Thu, May 2, 2019, 5:59 AM EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> When you're selling your EV or used / surplus EV parts, it's OK to post a
May be correlated with early 2013 having the old battery chemistry,
recogniseable from black plastic inserts in the modules, while later
variants use white plastic inserts.
Cor.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 8:59 AM Jay Summet via EV wrote:
>
>
> On 4/16/19 5:03 AM, Cor van de Water via
Two other ideas:
Use a pool timer, set it to come on 15 mins each day and connect your
normal chargers so the batteries get a trickle every day.
Or lend your car to someone you trust to use and charge regularly until you
return.
Make sure they want to use the car, it is the only way to guarantee
If the Leaf has side marker lights on the fenders, just ahead of the doors,
then it is a 2011 or 2012 model. Those charge at 3kW (L2). If there are no
marker lights on the fenders, it is a 2013+ model, which charges at 6kW (L2).
By this time the 2011 and 2012 models, if they still have the
Bruce posted this claim in a press release:
“Rivian, a Michigan-based startup that could become the first automaker to
bring an all-electric pickup truck to market”
Ahem, my all electric pickup truck manufactured by US Electricar in 1994 is
certainly not the first, I know that in the ‘60s and
I happen to prefer smaller cars, despite being pretty tall.
I used to have a colleague who was 7 ft tall and still drove an average midsize
car.
The only thing he did when buying a different car, was to move his specially
made driver seat to the new car.
The joke with the extreme compact cars
His use of Supercaps was a bandaid: due to the excessive internal resistance of
the LiIon batteries that he found, he had to make up a solution to give him the
ability for a short power burst (to merge on freeway for example).
Supercaps happened to be on sale, so it worked out for him, but they
Correct, a 240v circuit can overload one leg and the ganged breakers will
trip. That is why it has a pair of ganged breakers.
Cor.
On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 7:41 PM Robert Bruninga via EV Thanks for your insight. Yes, the breaker will be 20 amps so if anyone
> tries to do anything other than a
That is where voters come into the picture. Utilities and oil companies
can't do anything that the voting majority does not allow, iether directly
through their representative lawmakers or indirectly through the regulating
PUC. So, go out and vote AND educate other voters what to vote for!
Cor.
Jay,
Agreed that LOTO is the industry practice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockout-tagout
I have heard enough stories of divers who refuse to dive for ship maintenance
*unless* they are physically carrying *all* keys that can start the engines.
Ideally, there is tagged lock they can place so
Hi Justin,
Thanks for chiming in – very useful info.
Another issue and I suspect you have noticed this also: smoke and smell.
Somewhere around 1995 I had a colleague who was involved in cost reducing a
product design and he too had the same idea of testing PCB traces as fuses to
see if he could
I once did a Leaf battery swap for someone planning to add exen more range.
Some of his wire and pcb fuse tests are on Youtube, look for Leaf Rex.
Cor.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:10 AM EVDL Administrator via EV On 21 Jan 2019 at 1:18, ken via EV wrote:
>
> > > What is a 10ths wire?
> >
> > ten
In Netherlands it is common to refer to tricked out trucks and SUVs as
“boulevard tractors” because they are all about show with little practical
value, while being classified as farm equipment.
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To:
Damon,
Thanks for sharing your experience.
We are very aware of the issue you are reporting.
First a full disclosure:
As of this morning (Jan 7, 2019), I will be responsible for all hardware
(electronics) development at eMotorWerks.
This means I can influence the future (not the past, did not
Hmm, check the law in your state. I believe that the owner (or delegated to
manager) of the property has to request a tow, it can’t be just any passer by,
police will want to hear from the property responsible person and so will tow
companies. There usually are stiff penalties (like, 4x the
Do you have info on the dc-dc converter?
I have taken a non working Enginer plug in unit apart when it failed after
many years of use by previous owner and the dc-dc is likely good, as the
battery failed.
You can have it for a small amount, it is essentially a 48v to 200v boost
converter.
Cor.
On
Interesting that California explicitly requires the vehicle to be connected for
charging purposes, while Illinois is fine if you park an EV in a charging spot
without even bothering to plug in.
One of my biggest issues is a local Hospital where one entitled Tesla Model S
owner always parks in
Without subsidies and a nearby H2 filling station, you would not be driving
fuel cell vehicles.
And besides, nobody claims H2 does not work.
Toyota would not have released a car if it did not work.
It is just that it is an answer seeking for a problem to solve, because that
answer is what some
I think we have extensively re-hashed the very reason that Hydrogen is OT for
this list.
Cor.
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 8:40 AM
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List; Peri Hartman
Cc: Rod Hower
Subject: Re: [EVDL] fear of hydrogen
I hear a lot of hand-waving and little data in claims about lots of change in
hydrogen technology.
For the topic of making transportation hydrogen renewable – nobody is
contesting that for the handful of cars that actually drive on Hydrogen, it is
simple to switch small scale to use full
David,
I expect that vehicles will allow both AC and DC charging. So, L2 public
charging will still work, as does your convenience charger that you already
carry.
So this allows charging from the existing L2 network and built-in 6kW charger
in the vehicle.
But owners (and industry) want faster
Note the text in the ad:
“Do not use or leave in a car”.
So, if you plan on using it as solar battery then fine.
If you plan to use it in a vehicle, then you probably have no recourse.
The cell type and cooling method looks a lot like VW does (rectangular cells,
cooled at the bottom on a cold
Hi Dex’s Chris,
I have worked on a couple dozen Nissan Leaf batteries and I know exactly what
you try to do.
Unfortunately, the descriptions from the Nissan dealer are deceiving. Let me
clarify:
The control (round) plug is entirely different between the 2011/12 and later
versions Leaf.
When a
On Endless Sphere there were plenty people (many Australians for some reason)
who drove these bikes a lot and while I have heard about a worn out motor that
needed replacement, I have not heard about problems with the controller or
motor from overload.
No fires in the original configuration as
I found the original factory specs of the Vectrix battery supplier a couple
years ago and I believe that the max continuous discharge was in the 60-80 Amp
range.
Originally the Vectrix was designed to have a top speed of about 55 MPH and was
already stretching the limit of battery discharge by
Make sure you install good Li-ion pack in the Vectrix. Its NiMH pack is
abused with 3x max allowed current draw so it dies an early death. The
charger is problematic, but there are good solutions for that, also solving
the problems with breaking temp sensors, among other things.
Cor.
On Sat, Dec
Mark,
Why myth of quick refill? Because you need to drive 20 minutes to reach the
nearest H2 refueling station *if* there is one in town.
Going across the street for half hour Level 3 DC Fast Charge is much quicker
than the “convenience” of a “quick” H2 refill and the most convenient refill is
But, but, but….
You could refuel a Hydrogen-powered phone in less than 2 minutes! That is
impossible with a battery operated phone!
We *neeed* Hydrogen powered phones and a convenient Hydrogen refueling
infrastructure for all those people who depend on their phones!
They cannot possibly be
Or so the article claims. Just in time for Christmas?
https://insideevs.com/lists/10-gifts-for-ev-lover/
Cor.
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I am wondering if Toyota (who against everyone’s warnings, drank the cool-aid
and invested in Hydrogen) feels burned with developing new technology,
comfortably milking their Hybrid technology that is now present in vehicle big
and small and they feel no need to change that.
Or this was purely
State of Health.
Essentially the percentage of capacity compared to new.
So 68% of 24kWh for a 2011-2015 or a 2016 S.
Or 68% of 30kWh for a 2016 SL or SV or a 2017 Leaf.
Cor.
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To:
I did not know that planes had cigarette lighter sockets…
It sounds as if the ad was directly taken from a car and replaced car with
plane and garage with hangar.
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 9:47 AM
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Cc: Jay
Ah, but that car was *designed* to be efficient to the extreme!
Then you are not wasting a big chunk of the precious solar power on house
loads, but *everything* possible goes into the battery!
Dutch engineering frugality at its best (Dutch are known to be frugal – going
Dutch, remember?)
Cor.
Teslas use approx. 300-500 Watts of power to run house loads (computers,
coolant pumps, fans, DC/DC converters and so on) while charging.
The roof of a modern car is only in the order of 10 square feet of flat
surface, maybe a little more, but soon you are hitting the windshield, back
window or
Oh help, the sky is falling!
Obviously, messing with 1000 hp engines with excessive temperatures, pressures,
fast-rotating parts and explosive fuels is perfectly safe, it is the invisible
electricity that is the killer….
Seriously – use (or install on your conversion) the service disconnect and
, which
>>>>>you're assuming is
>>>>>100% - 15% - 3 * 6.25% = 66% of 24 kWh, or about 16 kWh, correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>In my case, with between 8 and 9 capacity bars, that would be
>>>>>100% - 15% - 2.5 * 6.25% = 69%,
>>>
Nissan Sunnyvale.
This was for the car that I swapped complete battery pack, so it had to be
reprogrammed anyway and they were OK with doing both battery programming and
adding a FOB for the minimum service fee ($160) which I needed to pay anyway
for the battery swap.
Cor.
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Before 2008 smart was only available in USA as grey import.
So, a USA-focused article can easily say that the smart has been around for 10
years (in the USA) even though you saw them 2 decades ago if your field of view
extends beyond the US borders….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(marque)
Capacity bars are not linear.
The 12 bar display is actually anything from 85% to 100% capacity.
Below that, every bar stands for 6.25% if I am not mistaken (quoting from
memory)
So 7 bar capacity can be as low as 100 – 15 – 4 x 6.25% = 60% so less than
15kWh.
Also, there is a reason it is
I rather have someone who learns the hard way and posts about it, so everyone
else who cares can avoid the mistakes he made, than someone who stays away from
it all because it sounds too dangerous.
BTW, this will not count as a Tesla fire, it is a bunch of cells in an old
buggy, nobody who
The video does not specify what went wrong to cause the first cell(s) into
thermal runaway and catch on fire.
The Tesla Li cells may potentially do that if (internally) shorted due to
manufacturing defect or failure to maintain them within required voltage range.
The cells may have been charged
I know for a fact that a 2013 (4-button) FOB can be programmed on a 2011/12
(3-button), it will only leave a (non serious) DTC in the car’s memory due to
the incompatible 4th (charging port) button. I used that on my 2011 that I only
received 1 FOB for from the previous owner.
Whether you can
Listen especially to the end of that video.
Not only no BMS, but also no coolant, for which the Tesla pack was designed.
I presume it was (over) charging the cells when it went into runaway,
turning the cells into something resembling live ammo (per the question
from the FD).
Saw the burning cell
Don't forget that engineers find ways to make decent antennas many times
smaller than actual wavelength. For example by folding or by creating
resonant loops. Often this happens by accident. A small dc-dc converter
running below 1MHz but where caps are placed slightly too far from the chip
and
Differential Voltage.
Similar to emergency handling of a downed power line: do not take big steps to
get away from the line, you may bridge a large enough voltage in the ground
with your legs, to send a dangerous current through your body.
If a live circuit or a lightning strike power the water
…. Want to read more? Start your free trial….
Unless an article is accessible to all, it has no point posting it here.
Cor.
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Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:42 PM
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
Cc: paul dove; brucedp5
Subject: Re:
Yup, *very* messy if you fill a battery first and then charge, unless you
enjoy dealing with overflowing electrolyte.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 8:58 PM John Lussmyer via EV On Thu Nov 01 20:26:52 PDT 2018 bhensle...@msn.com said:
> >They were military surplus. I have not tested the cells/batteries
>
Something does not make sense to me:
One backpack sized unit probably holds about 5kWh of usable energy.
The quoted price of $20 for 100 miles range would mean that this device, which
is indeed very handy and can be life-saving, can add about 20 miles to the
range of a Leaf, so you would need to
Roger,
They are fine, provided they are not charged to the max. I have had packs
sit around for months as loose cells and I have almost 12,000 miles on them
after recompressing in a different configuration in my EV truck.
Cor.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 7:01 PM Roger Daisley via EV
wrote:
> I am
LED TL bulbs that I have seen have a high voltage series connection of LEDs.
Either ~24 LEDs in series for about 90VDC of supply and several series strings
connected in parallel,
Or a single string and a high voltage inverter (special ballast) required.
You would need to cut and somehow connect
I meant on the key fob. For the 2011 and 2012 there is only a dash handle
to open the door latch.
The 2013+ has an electric latch opener, so theoretically it can be opened
remotely, but the functions on the wireless interface are severely limited.
Cor.
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 10:39 AM Lawrence
I got only one key with one of my Leafs, so i bought a used key fob off
Craigslist and a cheap uncut key off Ebay and had it cut by a local
keysmith.
Several weeks later i was going in for service at my local dealer, brought
the 2nd key and asked them to register the key as part of the service,
Anybody interested in this indoor/outdoor L2 charger from Bosch?
Asking $250, less than half new price. Was never installed, still new in box.
https://smile.amazon.com/Bosch-EV210-Cable-Charging-Station/dp/B07BLF4FWN/ref=sr_1_1
I can send some pictures when you are interested.
Especially useful
I know some here have asked how to get the connector that plugs into the Nissan
Leaf’s battery HV connector.
I am talking about the big connector with 2 round pins, carrying over 200 Amps
from the pack to the inverter.
It has 3 latches and because it is so difficult to remove, dismantlers often
Is this recent patent what Nissan had in their Leaf’s convenience charger,
Because of the 2 variants of the 12A charger, the narrow bodied one has a temp
sensor in the plug.
That is probably *after* 2011 as I think that the narrow body convenience
charger was the 2nd iteration; the wide bodied
Typically, return to center is achieved with an (adjustable) spring if the
motor is sent forward/backward by the controller from a single potmeter
movement; or is your original pot not a standard 3-wire (top, bottom, wiper)
version?
Cor.
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The only way to get the sellers to quote accurate numbers is by making it more
painful to overstate their numbers than to quote the actual lower numbers.
I have regularly ordered USB power banks with wildly exaggerated claims, some
promise a small cell phone size device with 200,000mAh capacity.
Mark,
I think it is a fallacy to consider all large format cells as single point
of failure, the prismatic cells that i have seen opened all consisted of
multiple cells internally, sometimes several dozen thin pouch cells with
their terminals clamped together, for example 20 cells of 5Ah stuffed
I think it will go over real well when you tell your colleagues: I will
bring my Kalashnikov tomorrow!
Cor.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 7:11 PM brucedp5 via EV wrote:
>
>
>
> http://www.calvertjournal.com/news/show/10607/kalashnikov-tesla-soviet-style-electric-super-car-kombi
> Kalashnikov wants to
Lee,
I have a tow dolly (2 wheel, single axle where you can attach the driven
wheels of a towed vehicle). This is a well used but useful tool, once in a
while.
Reason to buy instead of rent one was that i did not have a vehicle that
U-haul approves of for renting their dolly.
I have rented it out
The Leaf has i believe a 90kW motor, so at about 370v it should draw almost
250amp to reach that power. The battery pack has a 225amp fuse, which
allows excursions above that amperage, but not for too long. So your max of
160amp sounds pretty doable. I know others who routinely draw peaks of up
tp
Rod,
Even with all the historic data, you can’t predict when an EV’er in emergency
need of some juice will arrive, so it is good habit to free up a charger when
not actively charging there (or post instructions in your windshield how/when
unplugging is allowed if there is the possibility to use
Mark,
I presume that your boat engine has an alternator and is generating 14v as
long as it keeps running, so not too likely that your boat suddenly dies in
the middle of the lake, but good to have backup.
That said, your 4lbs battery probably has between 200 to 300 Wh of capacity
at best, using
I have experience with LiFePO4 that discharged to below 1V and reviving them.
Some rebounded and were fine, with very low self-discharge even after many
months of sitting at 3.2V.
However, a few did not take a charge but instead turned into resistors and with
continued (low current) charging,
Another data point to consider:
The *cheapest* (base tariff) rate of household electricity here in Silicon
Valley has now been raised above $0.21 per kWh.
If you go over your baseline (about 11 kWh/day) then price increases over
30c/kWh which almost everyone hits.
So, the rate of financial
LED prices are much more competitive than you put in your calculation.
Almost every LED that I see can be had for $5 or less.
Best selling on Amazon is a good quality, non-dimming LED for $1.39 when you
buy a 16 pack ($22.22 for the pack)
Excuse me, i think Bob said 50 lights, 5h, 75w so that is in the order of
20kWh, not 150.
So it is maybe twice as much as avg, not 10x.
With the 15+ kWh Bob can save with LEDs, he can drive approx 50-60 miles a
day.
BTW, Lee, you are not alone. My daily commute is 35 mi round trip.
Cor.
On Sat,
You realize that Leaf modules are two cells in series?
Though i would be uncomfortable to have two packs in parallel without good
info on charge and discharge conditions.
Also, Leaf cells deteriorate so many loose modules you buy online are not
the capacity you think, may be as low as 40Ah instead
Jay,
So a tankless heatpump water heater would be the ultimate: no massive
electrical load (less than a dryer) to make instant hot water, so also no
loss from storing hot water?
Cor.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:47 PM Jay Summet via EV wrote:
>
> On 07/26/2018 02:38 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
>
> >
In support of Lee’s recommendation:
When I discovered that my water heater was 17 years old, I found a cheap
(dented, customer return) tankless Rinnai RU-80e which was bolted to the back
of the house, next to the original heater cabinet (so I now have an extra
closet) and I love how we can set
Matt,
I know families who turn on every single light in their home the entire day,
even at night all lights (except in the bedroom) are blasting.
I know this, because my daughter was in the house and turned off all lights in
unoccupied rooms. As soon as the wife came home, she turned on every
cannot take a continuous
high current.
From: EV on behalf of Cor van de Water via EV
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 2:46 PM
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
Cc: Cor van de Water; brucedp5
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Reduce EV: Charging load on the grid ...
Bruce,
If you ever saw the old LEDs, I
Not that I remember that this was a requirement for the GE EV1 controller.
That would also not have worked for my controller, since the converter retained
the automatic transmission,
So as soon as the vehicle was started, the controller started “idling” the
motor, to keep the automatic
Bruce,
If you ever saw the old LEDs, I received one from my dad in the early 80s and
while their life is astonishing, they will run for decades and still work, they
are no comparison to modern LEDs for 2 major reasons:
- There was no white. LEDs came in red, yellow, green and that was pretty
I had a 1989 Ford Ranger from the city of Santa Rosa that was converted to
electric somewhere around 1994 in Grass Valley.
It used the 120V variant of the GE forklift drive.
Service manuals were not easy to dig through, but in my experience, there is
very little that goes wrong with the
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