Re: [EVDL] spray on PC board protectant

Hello Willie, I pick up these products from my local motor shop. These come in a spray can. There is a cleaner, dielectrics, and electric motor enamels. Roland From: EV on behalf of Willie via EV Sent:

Re: [EVDL] Leaf Modules

Hello John, The Hybrid Auto Center is where I bought the modules from. I had them pre-balance all the cells which all came in at 3.9 volts. I also got the Orion BMS from them which the assembly manual recommended a range from 3.6 v to 4.1 volts. I am using a Manzanita Micro PFC-50 charger

Re: [EVDL] Leaf Modules

Hello Dave, The Leaf or Nissan Battery specs , Module specs, and Cell specs can be found at: http://www.electricvehiclewiki.com/?title=Battery_specs I am using 81 modules which are parallel series for 200 ah at 226 volts. Each module has 4 cells where 2 in series pair in parallel or 8.4

Re: [EVDL] Generator?

still have this motor today. Roland - Original Message - From: "Willie via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Generator? > > > On

Re: [EVDL] Generator?

My first EV which is call Transformer I that I received from the Electric Fuel Propulsion company in Troy Michigan back in 1977, had a option of a generator that was on a very stream line trailer, that can be control by the passenger or by the generator control panel. This EV weigh 7800 lbs

Re: [EVDL] Keeping Ken warm : Whats a good for heating batteries?

Hello Bruce, My battery compartment is insulated to about 15 R Factor. The battery box is made out of 1/4 inch fiberglass that is insulated with 1/4 inch foam pad that is use for vinyl tops. Glue on with foam glue covering the entire box plus the top hinge cover. Also the pickup bed is

Re: [EVDL] Blew my Curtis 1231C Controller - repair procedures?

Hello Jay, I have been using a 1000 amp at 300 volt rating motor controller from Café Electric for over 15 years. You can purchase them Directly from Café Electric.com who also makes them. Can be interface with any BMS. Back in year 2000, my EV weigh 7050 lbs with ninety 300 ah two volt

Re: [EVDL] Shorted FB1-4001A DC motor?

Hello Jay, Another test you can do, is take a ohm reading at the motor terminals. Rotate the motor by hand and see if the meter shows a pulse as it rotating. Then disconnected the motor controller leads from the motor. Next, take a reading from each motor terminal to the motor housing. A

Re: [EVDL] Actual current carrying ability of NEMA L6-30

Hello David, I now have been using the NEMA L6-30 for 40 years now on a 50 amp circuit. I use a large heavy duty Denial Wood head which is all nylon water proof industrial duty. Most of your commercial and industrial duty plugs and connector have a continuous service factor of 125 percent.

Re: [EVDL] Sequence of Events contactors

Hello Damon, Just came up from the dungeon, I mean from the EV lab. I normally do a pre-drive inspection about 30 minutes I leave. Make sure the cab heaters and battery heaters come on which are power by commercial power through the main EV power input plug. I will have to leave in a

Re: [EVDL] Breakers in Reverse?

Yes, there are control circuits on the load terminals. The line side is connected directly to the line contact of the internal switch. The load contact has a overload circuit that connects to a overload relay similar to the overload relays that are use in magnetic starter. In some circuit

Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid charging...

Hello Bob, That one thing I don't have to do is to craw under the dash. I use to work for the Boeing Company back in the 60's on the electrical control systems. I gutted the EV of all the wiring, switches and indicators. Remove the entire interior, dash panel, and console. Made

Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid charging...

Hello Bob, As the battery discharges, the electrolyte level will drop which is normal. Do not add distill water in a discharge battery. When you charge the battery, the electrolyte level will rise. If the electrolyte is below the plates, then add just enough water to get to the

Re: [EVDL] 12v tales

ales On 6 Jun 2016 at 8:03, Roland via EV wrote: > My first EV that I received back in 1976 and still have it today, uses > LINE voltage to run all the control circuits. LINE voltage is the same > voltage as the main battery ... > My EV control voltage was ran off a Honey Well motor

Re: [EVDL] 12v tales

A dead 12 volt battery is the problem when you have your control circuits in your EV run by 12 volts. My first EV that I received back in 1976 and still have it today, uses LINE voltage to run all the control circuits. LINE voltage is the same voltage as the main battery. Some control

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Capacitors Replace Li-ion> able to drive an EV 1, 000 miles

Hello Jan, I have contacted a company call ESMA about there capacitors that can use as the main drive power in electric vehicles back in the 80's. You can see all the data at evworld.com/library/SuperCapBus.PDF These are very large capacitor banks of which 15 of the modules

Re: [EVDL] Selling Golf Cart battery cables (2/0 AWG 00, 5/16" lugs)

Hello Jay, The core charge on those batteries are $20.00 each. I took my old batteries back to the dealer and got $20.00 each for them in credit at his auto parts store. He then gets $20.00 off the next shipment he gets from the distributer. My Nissan cells are now one year and

Re: [EVDL] battery box

Hello Willie, My battery box was made out of fiberglass. It held 90 large 20 inch high 300 ah Exide Tuder 2.2 cobalt cells 20 inches high that weigh about 30 lbs each. The bottom was 1/2 thick which was only supported by the two frame rails with two fiberglass support beams. Non

Re: [EVDL] Heater solution for S-10 conversion, tips & tricks

I also left the original hot water heater core in the vehicle. Can use either the on board power or use a transfer switch to use commercial power to preheat the heater while it is park and plug in. This work great since I did this modification back in 1980. Purchase most of the

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: No tumbling Leaf EV values

Hello Jay, A local Nissan dealers normally are not EV technicians. The dealer wants you to purchase the whole battery case which includes 33 modules, a battery charger, controller, and bms system. I found one in Las Vegas which has a EV shop, that can replace bad modules and any

Re: [EVDL] A couple of Leaf observations. With more added on.

According to my Nissan data sheet I received when Nissan ship the modules to me, A maximum cell voltage of 4.2 volts require a charger voltage set to 4.5 volts. It was recommended to set the charge voltage to 4.16 volts for a cell voltage of 4.00 volts. This will give a very long battery

Re: [EVDL] Killed a flooded battery - sizzling and steaming...

Hello Cor, Just jumper out the battery for now until you can replace the battery pack. I had the same problem with a new set of batteries back in the eighties. I bought new Exide batteries, check each voltage at the dealer, the specific gravity and any damage during shipment.

Re: [EVDL] Pack HV Fuse question

Hello Jay, Looking up the specs on Current Limiting, Fast Action and Very Fast Action fuses in my Bussmann Fuse Catalog, The Fast and Very Fast Action are use for solid state electronic equipment. Fast action types only give short circuit protection, not for motor surges or

Re: [EVDL] Melted fuse leg (not blown fuse!)

- Original Message - From: Roland via EV<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Jay Summet<mailto:j...@summet.com> ; Electric Vehicle Discussion List<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Melted fuse leg (not blown f

Re: [EVDL] Melted fuse leg (not blown fuse!)

Hello Jay, Use a Bussman Fustron or better a Bussman Limitron fuse. I use a 60 amp Limitron fuse between my PFC-50 charger and the batteries. The charger has a built in 50 amp breaker which is on a 50 amp service. I also use a 400 amp Limitron fuse between my charger and a 1000

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Leno's Garage spins Local Motors' 3D-printed EV on national TV

If you are living on Mars and want to get around in a EV, you can just down load it instead of waiting 30 minutes shipping time from Earth. Roland - Original Message - From: EVDL Administrator via EV To: Electric Vehicle Discussion

Re: [EVDL] Melted Battery Post repair

There are several methods to repair a battery post. A quick temporary one is to use a post that screws on to the side terminals of a battery. These are use by battery shops to charge this side terminal batteries or you can get them from some auto parts store. Prepare the surface of

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Improving an EV's Cabin Heating System

At about this time, the electric heaters came on in my EV, while I am setting here typing this. I have three AC heaters, one 500 watt hot water heater for the existing heater core, a 640 watt driver side cab heater and a 840 watt passenger side cab heater. Today, because the

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: 'Too quiet' electrified cars estimated as US regulator headaches

What about ICE's that are too quiet? A friend of mine drove to my house to pick me up. I did not hear the vehicle at all. I thought the engine was off. It was idling. As the vehicle came up to speed, it was way quieter then my EV. I can hear the electric power steering pump,

Re: [EVDL] Two charging inlets - relay "interlock" / safety question

Hello Jay. I have two charging inlets that is very simple to use. One is a 50 amp 4 wire 125/250 volt power receptacle and a 20 amp 3 wire 125V receptacle. The 50 amp inlet is under the hinge license plate holder and the 20 amp is under the gas inlet cover. The PFC-50 charger I

Re: [EVDL] Extra ground wires on Nissan Leaf J1772 inlet & cable?

Just type in your search engine - J1772 wiring diagram and you will see the light- I am using a industrial 5 wire receptacle and plug in my EV that has a extra isolation ground circuit. A isolation ground circuit is only connected to the circuit and/or circuit board and nothing else.

Re: [EVDL] Extra ground wires on Nissan Leaf J1772 inlet & cable?

A second ground circuit in a receptacle could be use for a isolated grounded. We use receptacles that are design for explosion proof areas. In some cases the isolated ground circuit may connected to a conductive chassis box or cabinet. In this case the chassis box and/or enclosure is

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Buying An Electric Car: Why Charging Rate, DC Quick-Charging Matter

You can install a 15 or 20 amp 125 volt rated receptacle on a 20 amp circuit breaker. The continuous rated ampere load is 12 amps on the 15 amp receptacle and 16 amps on the 20 amp receptacle which is 80% of the device and/or circuit breaker. For both 15 and 20 amp receptacles, the

Re: [EVDL] OT: Toyota aims to nearly eliminate gasoline cars by 2050

Back in the seventies, I experiment with hydrogen. Did not purchase hydrogen gas that comes in a pressure tank that I can get from the local welding supply company that also sells, oxygen, propane and machines that can produce these gasses. To produce hydrogen, you use water and KOH

Re: [EVDL] How to learn to love stoplights and your electric car

Back in the seventies I had a friend of my who was a geo-physics' and a geologist that work with Nikola Tesla back in the thirties. He map out the dielectric rating of the ground path between two of the towers about a mile apart in Colorado. A good ground path of 80 or more dielectric

Re: [EVDL] OEM EV charging on 120V with no ground?

Current is the effect, voltage is the cause. Current cannot flow without voltage. If you have a leakage of the current or another parallel path, the voltage will drop causing increase ampere, there will be a differential of ampere and voltage, thus different current effects.

Re: [EVDL] OEM EV charging on 120V with no ground?

Hello Peter, In old installation that use no ground, you can either replace the circuit breaker with a Ground Fault Type or even install a Ground Fault Receptacle in the line between the panel circuit breaker and load. If either the Line Wire (Hot) or a color conductor which will

Re: [EVDL] EV pioneers

Here is some info on Robert Raymond Aronsson, CEO of Apollo Energy Systems base in Ponpand Bench Florida, FL 33069 There web site is www.apolloenergysystems.com I bought one of there proto types from them which was one of seven which is call

Re: [EVDL] EV pioneers

Yes, I am still here. Been down in the dungeon up dating and up grading my EV. I now have 45kW of Nissian battery pack in the EV. Can drive these steep hills and at speed of any other vehicles. Increase the battery weight so I now can go up icy hills with no problems passing other

Re: [EVDL] EV pioneers

There is four cells per module. Two cells in series and the two cells are in parallel with the other two cells in the module. Each cell is rated at 33.3 ah hour. There is 27 modules per battery block. Three modules are parallel in each battery block becomes 27/3 = 9 cells groups per

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Offset Supercharging degradation w/ pack balancing

I also saw a increase of capacity after each charge cycle by reading how much ah is use per mile on the same road and temperature using 33.3 ah Li Ion cells connected six cells in parallel for about 200 ah for 216 volts or about 4.0 volts per cell which is 95% of the maximum cell voltage.

Re: [EVDL] Lead GC battery capacity

The following data is from my inverter manual for my inverter that is use at a remote cabin here in Montana which uses the old EV battery from my EV which ran 8.5 years in the EV and another 10 years at the cabin. The T-105's 200 AH battery has a usable AH of 100 AH at 50% SOC at the

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

For the last 15 years, I have been using a onboard smart charger made by Schumacker Model WM-6000A. Set at 30 amp and set for a deep cycle battery. Tap off the main AC input plug with a control switch and circuit breaker at 20 amperes. The charge cycle for a 12 volt deep cycle battery

Re: [EVDL] Bicycle battery

This is why I have my lead cobalt cells or Li Ion pre balance at the factory. Its seems they do that any more unless you double the cost of the cell. When I received my new Li Ion cells from Nissan, all of them read between 4.0 to 4.01 volt! It was about three weeks before I had them

Re: [EVDL] Bicycle battery

I have a electric mountain bike with very low speed gears, something like 30 to 1 in first gear. It uses two standard 12 volt 10 ah seal batteries in series for 24 volts. Only $19.95 each. Has so much torque, I completely did a back ward flip. Has a range of 15 miles at 15 mph. Can buy

Re: [EVDL] simple AC

Do not use a engine power belt to drive your accessories directly off the pilot shaft. Use a industrial wide cog belt that is driven off a independent drive shaft mounted on industrial face mount bearing plates. Then the drive shaft is taper lock couple to the main motor pilot shaft.

Re: [EVDL] DIY EV air conditioning?

Just attach a face mount A/C compressor to a aluminum plate attach to the electric motor face plate. Install the same size diameter pulley on the motor pilot shaft that is normally use on a engine. The pulley on the electric clutch is normally smaller. This keeps the rpm high during

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Lightning-strike on charging Tesla-S EV loses it (v)

This could be a electrical design problem with the grounding system. Back in the old days, the neutral and chassis grounding was connected together at the main service panel and then connected to a grounding rod. Later we use a insulated neutral bar and a non-insulated ground bar which

Re: [EVDL] NEV/Golfcart EV numbers needed, low cost GC batts

I purchase the last set of GC batteries from Interstate back in 2007, but they came from the US Battery Company. Interstate only sells there stock up to the 220 ah. Higher than 220 ah, they purchase them from US Battery. I found this out when I went to the Auto Parts Store where they

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

Here in Montana, there are fuel pumps for using in vehicles for off roads driving meaning country, state and federal. You can cross them, but cannot drive them. The people that are using diesel fuel, the fuel is red color. The ranchers that have old cap oil wells on there land which

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

This will depend on what type of speedometer you have. I am starting to replace the analog instruments with digital. The new digital has a external control where you can reset the mileage to any thing you want. Also you can have it only monitor ON MOTOR TIME, meaning only display the

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars SalesBetter? It's the battery.

That's correct. Also to roll back the mileage, this has to be done legally by having the vehicle inspected during each design change. If you done a conversion that cost more than 50 percent of the value of the vehicle, you can retitle and rename the maker of the vehicle and the model

Re: [EVDL] Wheels for efficient vehicle.

To determine what size and load rating that is require for a vehicle, first find out what the static load that is on each wheel and tire. Lets say the vehicle weighs 3000 lbs and the weight distribution is 50/50. Meaning 1500 lbs on each axle or 750 lbs on each wheel and tire. In

Re: [EVDL] Wheels for efficient vehicle.

vehicle. On May 18, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Roland via EV ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: If you use a open spoke wheel that allows air to go thru the wheel, it is recommended to install a aluminum deflection plate about 0.125 inch thick that goes between the wheel and the axil

Re: [EVDL] Wheels for efficient vehicle.

/ 24 = 30 lbs per square inch. At 12:54 PM 5/18/2015, Roland via EV wrote: One more thing that I did not mention. Is the square area of the solid rubber sections of the tire face against the driving surface. You calculated the square area of the actual contact surfaces of the tire and divided

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

Did any of you monitor the voltage of the most negative cell and the most positive cell during the charging cycle and discharge cycle using a very high charging system? My first EV came with a on board 50 amp charger and a off board 100 amp 3 phase charger. These were SCR chargers

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

How about 36.5 years on 60 each 6-volt 245 to 250 ah batteries. First run a set of 30 Trojans in my EV for 8.5 year and than install them into a mountain cabin all connected in two strings of parallel 6 volts to run two 5 kw 120 vac 60 cycle inverters with a input of 12 volts that ran for

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

Did you know that you can get a secondary VIN number for you conversion, modification or completely built up vehicle. To get the secondary VIN number depends of the percentage of change that you made to a existing vehicle. In my case, the change had to be over 50%. The secondary VIN

Re: [EVDL] Seeking Advice: Reusing the battery modules from a Nissan Leaf

If you are using the Nissan Leaf Battery Blocks in a vehicle that is large enough to hold the larger 24 module pack, you do not have to disassembled them. I bought three of the larger Nissan Leaf Battery Blocks and just bolted them down on to a chassis plate in the bottom of the

Re: [EVDL] Seeking Advice: Reusing the battery modules from aNissan Leaf

According to Nissan, in the newer 2014 cells that I have, is a minimum of 2.4 volts, but it is prefer for a long life to stay above 3.6 volts on a cell that is rated for 4.2 volts. It is prefer not to charge above 4.0 volts. My battery pack at 4 volts per cell is equal to 214 volts.

Re: [EVDL] Seeking Advice: Reusing the battery modules from a Nissan Leaf

Hello Jay, Parallel three modules is like paralleling six cells. This is what I did. Unlike all the cells being in series the full battery ampere is felt by all the cells. Lets say you ever get the battery ampere up to 600 amps if you are going to drag race, the maximum cell ampere

Re: [EVDL] Line and Load on Breakers

Hello Bill, You have to look at the specifications of a breaker. Some breakers have a combination AC and DC rating. A 600 volt AC breaker can be use on a 250 VDC circuit. In this case the LINE side goes to the power source. We install these type of dual voltage breakers that

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: LEAF EV Pack Reliability Outperforms Cynics Critics (?)

The Li Ion batteries that I received new from a Nissian Dealer about 5 months ago have a formula of LiMnO4 + LiNiO2 for the Anode. The Cathode is Graphite. The maximum rated voltage is 4.2V. Recommend maximum voltage to use is 4.0 volts. The minimum voltage is down to 2.4V which I will

Re: [EVDL] Time for battery change

Hello Roger, Contact the Hybrid Auto Center or HybridAutoCenter.Com They have a EV Shop and a EV Parts Shop that replaces and repairs hybrid batteries. You can get either NEW 11kw/h Battery Blocks 182/60Ah completely assembly by the Toyota-Nissan factory or use cells that they

Re: [EVDL] Motors in Parallel

Hello Bill, Contact a machine shop and/or bearing supply store that handles power drive systems. I used Dodge or Browning Power Transmission Systems. I used either of these devices, such as industrial drive taper lock pulleys and couplers. Also use there industrial cog belts which

Re: [EVDL] Seeking Advice: Reusing the battery modules from a NissanLeaf

Hello Jay, I bought my pack new that was 183 volt at 66 ampere hour which had 24 modules. I need to up my voltage to 225 volts and ampere hour to 200 ah. So I wanted to add three more modules for a 27 module battery which came out to 226 volts at 199.9 ah which was close enough.

Re: [EVDL] Seeking Advice: Reusing the battery modules from a NissanLeaf

Hello John, I am also using the same Nissan Leaf battery modules. I made my own buss bars using pure copper soft draw air condition tubing that comes in 50 foot or 100 foot rolls. Use the 3/8 inch OD tubing for the cell mid test studs and use the 1/2 inch OD tubing for the power

Re: [EVDL] [SPAM?] EVLN: Will replacement USPS mail-trucks beElectric?

Maybe other delivery companies may change there thinking. This last week, I was sitting in a café and saw a UPS (not a USPS) van drove by. Saw the word ELECTRIC in large dark letters on the side of the vehicle. It's the only one I saw that had this word on it. All the others did not.

Re: [EVDL] Battery Swap - the stupid idea that wont die...

My first EV which was call Transformer I and still driving it today had two large batteries in it. One 300 ah 50 cell in the back and one 300 ah 40 cell in the front. These were like fork lift batteries. The company, Electric Fuel Propulsion Company, base in Troy Michigan, also built

Re: [EVDL] Battery Swap - the stupid idea that wont die...

Battery exchange has been done for over 30 years in commercial and industrial EV's. Golf and Western make a aircraft ramp test vehicle that have two battery packs that are 15 feet long. They slide out below the deck onto a carrier. These battery packs are normally made by this company as

Re: [EVDL] Damaged ADC FB1-4001A Motor

Hello Ted, It sounds like it could be the motor bearings and/or the motor coupler. It is best every ten years, to remove the motor and the rotor from the motor. Make sure when you slid out the rotor, to keep track and orientation of the spring washers that pressing against the

Re: [EVDL] Cold Charging Lithium Experiences

You can charge at that very low temperature, but at a very low rate according the specifications of my Li Ion Graphite cells. My first EV came with two batteries, a 40 cell and a 50 cell 300 ah lead cobalt battery that had a 1/4 inch thick aluminum case that was 20 inches high in this

Re: [EVDL] Cold Charging Lithium Experiences

I use a Lasko 200 watt all plastic heater that I got from either ACE Hardware or Wal Mart. My Li Ion modules are space 1/4 inch apart and each bank of modules are space 2.5 inches from the battery box walls and 5 inches from each bank of modules in my insulated battery box like streets and

Re: [EVDL] PB-6 Extra Wire

battery ampere. Roland - Original Message - From: EVDL Administrator via EVmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion Listmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] PB-6 Extra Wire On 13 Feb 2015 at 8:12, Roland via EV

Re: [EVDL] Best Hybrid lithium packs.

Contact the Hybrid Auto Center.com web site. When the page comes up, click Contact Us. They have a Plug in Conversion and EV Parts Shop. You can purchase a four cell module completely assemble that has two 4.2 V Lithuim 33 ah in series and then the two series cells are in parallel

Re: [EVDL] Scrapping an EV

Hello Bill, The first thing you do is go to the DMV and have the title delete or some times call a junk title. Contact a savage yard and they normally will pick it up for free. Back in 73, I bought a car just to get the transaxle out of it for $450.00. These type of transaxles

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: ElectraGirl EV Pre-Warm/Cool-ing is Programmatically-EasyWise

I have been pre-heating the batteries and passenger compartment in my EV since 1977 and the ICE since 1958. There are three ways to do the pre-heating in a EV. One is to turn on the heating system only using the main battery power as noted in this article. Second method, is that

Re: [EVDL] PNAS report cites study that EV's pollute more than gas cars.

As more coal plants are converted to 0% direct air pollution, then this will be no problem. We have one coal generating plant about 460 miles east of us that is in North Dakota. It has been converted to a 0% direct air pollution. There is no main stack that releases CO2 and/or other

Re: [EVDL] PNAS report cites study that EV's pollute more than gascars.

improves the emissions of EVs using coal generated electricty! Peri -- Original Message -- From: Roland via EV ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: Danny Ames clean...@sbcglobal.netmailto:clean...@sbcglobal.net; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev

Re: [EVDL] PNAS report cites study that EV's pollute more than gas cars.

kinda like the perpetual motion machine equivalent in the air quality field, but I'm always open to hearing about new things. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Roland via EV ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: As more coal plants are converted to 0% direct air

Re: [EVDL] PNAS report cites study that EV's pollute more than gas cars.

or PSD permit (this is an attainment area, right?)? This sounds kinda like the perpetual motion machine equivalent in the air quality field, but I'm always open to hearing about new things. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Roland via EV ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev

Re: [EVDL] Portable EVSE: Turning over a new Leaf...

Works for me. I about to leave in 30 minutes, the ambient temperate in Montana is 30 F., the battery and passenger cab temperature is 60 F. The cab and battery pre-heaters come on about 30 minutes before I leave, raising the cab and battery temperature to 80 F. using commercial power via

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Should Extension Cords Be Used With Plugins? (don't get burned)

Do not forget to calculated the length of the entire circuit from the circuit breaker panel to the charger. A standard 120 vac 60 hz 20 amp circuit using a No. 12 stranded copper should held to 20 foot circuit length for a 1 percent voltage drop. You can go up to 42 feet circuit length for

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: No, There is Nothing Wrong With Your Cold EV Battery!

There is a good way to keep your batteries and passenger compartment from losing heat or decreasing heat lost. Increase the R-Factor of the battery and passenger compartment. In constructing your battery box, it is best to not use aluminum or steel construction. These act as a heat

Re: [EVDL] BMW street light with charge plug

Hello Cor and all, I charge my EV call Transformer I back in 1978 from a street light circuit that was use for one street light that was behind our building. It was a single circuit of 120/240 vac 60 hz that came from a single phase transformer across the street from the transformer.

Re: [EVDL] Converting with an Automatic Transmission

Hello Barry, The responses are inserted in the following questions. - Original Message - From: Barry Oppenheim via EVmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List'mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL]

Re: [EVDL] Converting with an Automatic Transmission

Hello John, I just came back with a test drive with my new li-ion battery pack, pushing through 6 inches of snow up a 1/2 mile hill and had it in idle control (Label Idle) which is about 300 motor rpm to a get back down. The idle control is just another 5K pot I put in series with

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Supercapacitors could get Tesla their 7credit-EV

Nothing new here. Sometime ago, I contacted a company in Europe that supplies supercapacitors that are use to run city buses. The buses runs a 7 mile loop and can charge the capacitors back at the bus depot in 5 to 10 minutes or from a overhead power connection that the bus slides

Re: [EVDL] Heating system

Hello Al, The electric hot water heater should be at the lowest position in your heating system. The tank I use is the same type that a lot of auto use that has its radiator lower than the engine. Call a remote fill tank that is place up even or a bit higher than the heater core in the

Re: [EVDL] Soapy skinny lrr tire traction: EVs beware of gas-station car-washes!

When a person purchases new tires and/or modified a vehicle, it is best to adjust the deflection rate of the tires to match the psi surface foot print of the tire. Example on how to do this: First weigh the vehicle and the weight on the front tires and rear tires. Record the highest weight

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

Hello Tom, I selected these batteries to increase the voltage and reduce the weight. My first set of batteries was 300 ah cobalt cells with a maximum charge voltage of 252 volts similar to the Exide Tudor Cells which weigh 30 lbs each. The total weight of the battery pack was close to 3000

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

You have to remember, there are four cells already connected together in each module. Two sets of cells in series and the center tap connects the mid point of the two cells in series. Connecting all three modules center taps, actually parallel six cells together is consider as one cell.

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

. Does anyone know if there's a limit on the amount of current that can be taken out of those center terminals on the Leaf cells? Thanks, Bill -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Roland via EV Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:31 AM

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

: EVDL Administrator via EVmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion Listmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries. On 10 Oct 2014 at 11:12, Roland via EV wrote: These are the batteries from the Hybrid Auto

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

To: Electric Vehicle Discussion Listmailto:ev@lists.evdl.orgmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries. On 10 Oct 2014 at 11:12, Roland via EV wrote: These are the batteries from the Hybrid Auto Center that I am going

Re: [EVDL] warp 9 has gone sparky sparky

Jim Husted email address is hi_torue_electric@yahoomailto:hi_torue_electric@yahoo Roland - Original Message - From: EVDL Administrator via EVmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion Listmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 8:46 PM

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

Why not use tin plated copper bus bars. This is what we use in our electrical equipment. You can also get plated aluminum bus bars and wire terminals that is normally use in overhead line equipment. When purchasing bus bars, wire terminals, circuit breakers, circuit breaker panels and

Re: [EVDL] 4 to 12 Cell Lithium BMS

This shut down of the main charger is exactly what I have been doing for over ten years for the flooded batteries and will be use for the Li-Ion batteries. I am using a on board 12 volt smart charger design for a deep cycle battery. It also is a 13.3 volt maintainer while the DC-DC converters

Re: [EVDL] Pack voltage

You have a high resistance connection about 5 or 6 cells from one end of the battery pack. A cell voltage will not read much of a voltage drop when not under load. At a given load you are losing about 20.8 volts. Divide that by the cell voltage and this will be about the number of cells from

Re: [EVDL] Stud type fuse block needed

You have to be careful with some fuses when they blow. I have heavy duty ceramic fuses blown in half which will cause more damage when not supported. Roland - Original Message - From: Cor van de Water via EVmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion

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