Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

The Lucas Bedford vans used a sepex motor. Armature control was via an SCR, with the field driven via a bipolar transistor circuit. Battery voltage was 216v nominal of 3KQ11 tubular plate lead acid. It was usually the field controller that The first version of the Reva G-Wiz is a sepex motor

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: What we seem to have deduced is that the controller and motor are a matched pair. It seems without doubt that the controller manages the voltage delivered to both the armature and the fields, otherwise the "reverse switch" wouldn't be workable. Yes, that sounds

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

What we seem to have deduced is that the controller and motor are a matched pair. It seems without doubt that the controller manages the voltage delivered to both the armature and the fields, otherwise the "reverse switch" wouldn't be workable. I'd image that the sequence would be something

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: It's going to be very interesting to hear your report about this van when you get it running. I can't imagine how they made it even close to streetable with no gear changes and reverse being changing the rotation of that motor! You can get away with that kind of stuff

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Not that I understood it all, but your two posts are my “Posts of the Year” nominees. Just awesome... Keep posting. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On May 25, 2019, at 10:37 AM, Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: > > Glad you found it informative. > > These motors are frequently

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

On 25 May 2019 at 19:33, Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: > I can't imagine how they made it even close to streetable with no gear > changes and reverse being changing the rotation of that motor! Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the Peugeot 106 Electrique EV sold in Europe

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

It's going to be very interesting to hear your report about this van when you get it running. I can't imagine how they made it even close to streetable with no gear changes and reverse being changing the rotation of that motor! You can get away with that kind of stuff with a series motor.

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

A friend of mine in Belgium got one of these buses, and he had his local forklift repair shop put it back on the road. He mentioned that it handled like a forklift. Probably has to do with the ton of batteries. This is not exactly a conversion. The bus has been electric since new, and was

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Glad you found it informative. These motors are frequently called "forklift motors", probably because, well, they were used in forklifts... Your Siemens controller is likely a "forklift controller", assuming that the conversion company didn't design one from scratch and have Siemens construct

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Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list wrote > OK, this topic has induced me to resubscribe to the EVDL, it's > probably been 20 years since I was officially signed up. I've > occasionally passed replies through several members (thanks Lee, > thanks David), but maybe it's time to get out

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list wrote > Curious, did they raise the floor to fit the battery box? You could > probably get a 40kWh lion pack in there, if it goes all the way through > :) > > Peri The floor is the normal location for a VW bus. There is massive storage space for

[EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

OK, this topic has induced me to resubscribe to the EVDL, it's probably been 20 years since I was officially signed up. I've occasionally passed replies through several members (thanks Lee, thanks David), but maybe it's time to get out in the open. What you have there is similar to the

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Curious, did they raise the floor to fit the battery box? You could probably get a 40kWh lion pack in there, if it goes all the way through :) Peri -- Original Message -- From: "zvwbus via EV" To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: "zvwbus" Sent: 24-May-19 9:49:55 AM Subject:

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

Can you see if it has brushes in the motor? On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 8:08 AM Dale Curren wrote: > I know nothing about it, but would love to see a bunch of pictures of it > as it progresses along. > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:21 AM zvwbus via EV wrote: > >> This is my first post to this

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

I know nothing about it, but would love to see a bunch of pictures of it as it progresses along. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:21 AM zvwbus via EV wrote: > This is my first post to this list/forum, so please bear with me. I am a > collector of old VWs, and I had long known that VW had developed

[EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

This is my first post to this list/forum, so please bear with me. I am a collector of old VWs, and I had long known that VW had developed EVs in the '70s, and I always wanted one. A friend of mine came up with one a few years back, and I bought it from him. It is a 1979 VW bus which was