Stephen Weitz
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:47:38 -0700
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Paul, I think this may be an issue for all EVs using the induction chargers that we use. For example, Darell, on the RAV4 EV list, had error codes and some problems. I suggested that he get an Optima battery and his problems disappeared. He was getting volts below 12.0 and thi...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:56:59 -0700
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What do you meant you were going through regular batteries in your S10EV? Is the 12V battery tasked hard and to blame for some of these "E" errors? I've always wondered how much these accessory batteries are tasked, and why they are so big (as if we will be needing to crank a...
Stephen Weitz
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:50:57 -0700
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I installed a Yellow Top Optima battery. They are more expensive but really heavy duty. A lot of people use them when using extended loud audio with their cars off. I was going through regular batteries in my S10 EV. The Yellow Top has been great! No more voltages in the <12 v...
Joshua Tomel
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:15:02 -0400
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Guys, This has been a stinker of a weekend, I'm all to blame for it, plus it's a story of what not to do. Here's what happened: I drove Friday afternoon in the high 80's heat here in the Long Island area to a job interview nearly 20 miles away, there was a few people ahead of...
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Wed, 28 May 2008 00:23:11 -0700
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Update on the record setting EV auction: > heard from the RAV4-EV seller today. He did get a buyer after the top > bidder dropped out and sold it for $69,850. I guess that's still a record, > just not quite as crazy as 90K. > > -- > Tom Saxton > [email removed] > On 5/26/08, [...
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Mon, 26 May 2008 16:04:20 -0700
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This was posted on the RAV4 EV list too. The winning bidder retracted their bid. The seller is going to make a 2nd chance offer to the #2 bidder. Still this auction makes a point that there is a big demand for OEM EVs. Regards, Pat On 5/26/08, John Miller <[email removed]> wro...
John Miller
Mon, 26 May 2008 14:24:35 -0700
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A 2001 Rav4 EV just sold on eBay for $89,200 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230254014549 8 different bidders were willing to pay $40,000 or more for it. There were 4 bids (from four distinct bidders) in the last 28 seconds, pushing the price up $...
Mike Kane
Thu, 8 May 2008 09:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
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There is one other thing that doesn't pass the "sniff test" here. The statement that the station will be energy neutral. An 80Kw solar array should produce about 440KWh per day. If that energy is used to produce 12Kg of H2 from electrolysis, that is 36.67 KWh/Kg. Most of the t...
Stephen Weitz
Thu, 8 May 2008 07:31:29 -0700
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Thank you Niel. I hope Mark A. is paying attention to your analysis. Stephen On May 7, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Niel Nielsen wrote: > In case you're not a member of EAA, there's an article in this > month's Current Events about a "green" hydrogen station that just > opened in Sacram...
Niel Nielsen
Thu, 08 May 2008 01:24:24 -0500
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In case you're not a member of EAA, there's an article in this month's Current Events about a "green" hydrogen station that just opened in Sacramento. The station has extensive solar panels (80 KW), and uses the electricity to electrolysis water into hydrogen and oxygen, and c...
Jeff Thomas
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:54:18 -0700
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There has been communication off-list with a few owners. All "free range" S-10EV's are accounted for, even yours. The exact number are known, and will not be published to the list serve. Jeff On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:40 AM, paul doe wrote: > Patrick, > > I'm not sure I would call...
Bill Palter
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:47:27 -0700
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When I first got my S10 before I bought a TECH-II , the local Chevy dealer's service department was very helpful, reading the codes out of my truck several times for me (at no charge).... Of course they have since gone out of Business... Bill On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 06:40 -0700,...
paul doe
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:40:14 -0700 (PDT)
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Patrick, I'm not sure I would call it 'good' pr when you walk into a GM dealership service department and ask for help on an S10-EV (if they even know what you're talking about). Lets put it this way, if you collect a list of VIN's, don't include mine. Thanks, Paul [email remo...
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:12:24 -0700
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Jeff, thanks for confirming the wikipedia numbers and the source. I like wikipedia, but it is not always an accurate resource. Paul, GM certainly knew where these were when they were fleet vehicles. If they wanted them to disappear, they could have made an attractive fleet upg...
paul doe
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:15:07 -0700 (PDT)
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Patrick, There were also a few that were owned by Fulton County Georgia Motor Pool. These have recently appeared (with dead batteries) on eBay. I believe it was 6 they purchased in 1997 as part of an evaluation of lower emission vehicles. The person I traded emails with at Ful...
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:26:23 -0700
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> Looking forward to being corrected A couple corrections: > about 20 are 1999s, all NiMH That should be 1998s > When GP&L were done with these 50, they sold Not all 50 (or whatever the number is) came from GP&L. Since the ICE version of the truck had been crash tested, this a...
Dave Skweir
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:15:06 -0700 (PDT)
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I just thought I would let it be known to list members first before I put them on e-pay I have at least 18 used but still usable panasonic EV-EC1260U batteries that I removed from my '97 hanger queen . Believe it or not, I have revived these batteries to the piont they will su...
Marcos Peixoto
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:27:59 -0700 (PDT)
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Steve, Let me know If /how I can help. Marcos Steve Hawkins <[email removed]> wrote: v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Hi Marcos, The RS232 underneath the padde-side uni...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:26:05 -0700
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The high voltage shut off is a simple molex connector under the hood near the top bulkhead in the center just below the windshield wipers (it is slightly off to the driver's side). It should be emblazened w/ orange or some other obvious color or tag. I didn't know that magne c...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:15:38 -0600
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Hi Marcos, The RS232 underneath the padde-side unit . nobody knows what that one is for (so-far). I was referring to the RE232 on the vehicle-side controller unit, which is on older magne charge applications, but not on the rav4ev - I wish it was on there - so I could look at...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:48:33 -0600
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I am starting to work on my new-to-me '98 s10e that just arrived yesterday. Its been sitting unused for at least two years and seems to be 100% original except for two GM service modifications posted in the motor bay. The good news it that I don't believe the battery box, or a...
Niel Nielsen
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:58:33 -0600
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Greg, Thank you a lot for spending time on my behalf looking for this part. That's very nice of you. I got the reply back from B&B tool this morning, and they said they made some of the parts for the vehicle, but not the part I'm looking for. He said they were involved with th...
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Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:08:59 EST
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Hello Pat I receive the S-10 list in batch so Jeff may have already had a response on this. What Jeff means by non catastrophic faults. Catastrophic is when the truck totally quits and your only choice is a tow truck. The truck will not let you do anything including both drivi...
Gil Dawson
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:33:39 -0800
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At 9:19 P -0500 12/12/07, Johnny Chattin wrote: >Thank you for your insights on my ev. The Gm effort I believe was >lacking and escape a basic philosophy that is K.I.S.S. Indeed it is not a simple design, but a very interesting one. Your basic S-10E has a bunch af subsystems w...
Johnny Chattin
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:19:54 -0500
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Thank you for your insights on my ev. The Gm effort I believe was lacking and escape a basic philosophy that is K.I.S.S. or Keep It Simple Stupid. Gm attempted to make this as much a come to dealer fix as possible. From when this truck was designed to now great advances have b...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:03:24 -0800
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The problem w/ getting an incomplete S10EV is that the S10EV was built w/ a lot of proprietary components (hardware and software) that all depend on each other. If any one component is missing the the whole system gets confused (and thus will probably not work). True, you can...
Johnny Chattin
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:05:30 -0500
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?I am new to this, so do I reply to [email removed]. So yes I believe I bought a queen. From what I can tell the components are intact just unplug in the motor bay. The battery box is missing, I see as no big deal as I can fabricate that. The batteries, well I found an article...
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:38:58 -0800
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I got my S10EV from Don after Jeff @ EVBones saved it from its fleet life, serviced it and sold it in to the real world about 18 months and 7000 miles ago. Now they have one of the few EV1s that was not crushed and they have brought it back from the dead. Yes!! Good Job Jeff,...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:59:46 -0700
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Possibly Don or Pat. Maybe they'll chime in. There's somewhere close to ten S-10EV's in Portland. All thanks to Don's efforts to reintroduce them. Jeff On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:10 PM, tony barker wrote: > > As a former Vacavillian and now a WA resident, I was blown away at > an S...
tony barker
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 05:10:17 +0000
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As a former Vacavillian and now a WA resident, I was blown away at an S10E sighting on I5 last Friday afternoon. NB I5 at the Oregon/WA border. Tony Barker From: [email removed]: S10-EV Digest, Vol 51, Issue 19To: [email removed]: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:02:21 -0500Send S10-EV mai...