Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-02 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 05/02/2017 12:08 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: You can't use standard heavy panels. You must use cells configured properly and self encapsulate using special plastic heat shrink and a hot air gun. They must be integrated into the roof of the vehicle. I've seen it done. This is much lig

Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ... (0.1% practical)

2017-05-02 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
mazed. From: Robert Bruninga To: Lawrence Rhodes ; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ; ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 12:28 PM Subject: RE: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ... (0.1% practical) For special applications.

Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ... (0.1% practical)

2017-05-02 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Rhodes via EV Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 12:08 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org; ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ... You can't use standard heavy panels. You must use c

Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com?solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-02 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
You can't use standard heavy panels. You must use cells configured properly and self encapsulate using special plastic heat shrink and a hot air gun. They must be integrated into the roof of the vehicle. I've seen it done. This is much lighter and makes for a working solar vehicle. Encapsula

Re: [EVDL] Hanergy.com solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-02 Thread Jay Summet via EV
A "house style" 330 watt solar panel weighs around 50 lbs, so ten of them would be 500 lbs, leaving 2500 for the rest of your vehicle. Flexible or thin film panels weigh less, but require even more surface area. If you use the solar panels "as" your roof you at least get to put that weight to

[EVDL] Hanergy.com solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-01 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
3kw could push a 3000 pound vehicle maybe 15 to 25 mph depending on many factors. It would charge a 30 kw battery in 10 hours. The vehicle would have to be RV size to fit the cells. Maybe 22 feet long. Lawrence Rhodes Sent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android device ___

[EVDL] Hanergy.com solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-01 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[ref https://www.mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/msg19902.html Hanerg develops solar vehicles ] Some added characters got tacked on to the end of Lawrence's URL link. Here is the cleaned up one http://www.hanergy.com/en/content/details_38_3609.html Some research removes the wishful thinkin