Michael Anzalone
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:04:44 -0400
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Jeff (and all list readers), My apologies...you're absolutely correct, and I certainly don't want to encourage anybody to put themselves or their trucks at risk. Although I took every precaution that I could think of when working on my batteries, I can't say that my experience...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:29:13 -0700
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MIchael, please do not lead anyone down this path. There are extreme dangers in replacing cells from modules, with one of them being decompression damage. These cells are very sensitive to damage from decompression, and not following a very strict safety regimen with a transfe...
Michael Anzalone
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:45:46 -0400
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I'd like to share some potential good news to anybody who has a bad NiMH battery: If a battery is bad, there's a chance that only one of the eleven cells is defective. If that's the case, and if you have a spare "bad" battery, you may be able to get one good battery by combini...
gardnerh
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:08 -0700
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Eric Luebbman talked to Jeff today. We are ordering 4 replacement batteries @ $150 each!. Jeff says that these will be the last batteries that we will be able to get. If it turns out that we don't need all four batteries we will release them for the price we paid plus any ship...
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:32:24 -0700
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I've seen a Reverse error or two when pulling in or out of my driveway and not letting the truck come to a *100% complete* stop before putting it in to the "other" gear (from D to R, or R to D). The times I have gotten it, it was quickly resolved by putting it in Park and powe...
John Miller
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:13:29 -0600
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My wife tried to take the truck to court (1 mile) the other morning and it stalled in the middle of our street at 8:50am as she attempted to do a three point turn. I live in Boulder, and have found that the mantra "it's ok, they are more important than you" really helps with d...
gardnerh
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:18:32 -0700
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Dear Jeff, I am so sorry to hear that your health is not returning to normal and I commend you for being willing to give up something you valued so highly in order to keep yourself alive and probably sane as well. Obviously (for selfish reasons if nothing else) I am sorry to h...
casey hartman
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:51:39 -0700
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To go with Jeff's battery pack, you can buy my truck (98 NiHM) for $5K. Except for one battery (that needs to be replaced), the truck runs fine. I commuted in it for about 3-4 years. It has 30K+ miles on it. I'm selling it because my commute changed from 30 miles round-trip to...
Jeff Thomas
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:56:52 -0700
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Mirror to all on the list; All trucks that are NiMH, whether they were original, or converted later, can be reprogrammed for PbA battery operation. To reprogram the truck it does require the GM Tech2 scan tool as well as the GM TIS application. Due to health issues, I have don...
Ryan Meitl
Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:11:36 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi everyone, I am a grad student in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University. We have a 1998 S10 EV here, that has dead batteries. We have no idea if all the other components are still good, and have no documentation on the vehicle. I was recommended to reques...
Lyle Rayworth
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:42:39 -0700
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I have the Atlanta chapter S10E pickup. The traction batteries are dead as shown on the dash. When I plug in the charger it reads E1 after an extended period of time. Do regular mechanic shops have the scan tool necessary to read S10E codes. Where do I start? Please call or wr...
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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:59:06 GMT
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Jeff, I agree entirely. They might not have super range but they'd be used every single day for sure. On another subject, my truck, I need some help from anyone on this reflector. Two weeks ago I went away to Missouri with my wife for a musical vacation. I left the truck on th...
Michael Anzalone
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400
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Another update for anybody who's been following my S-10 saga: Today I experienced another 13 miles of EV driving, bringing my total so far to a whopping 25 miles! The main problem I had was that the voltage leaking from the batteries would cause all kinds of random DTC's. I ma...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:42:53 -0700
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They are not incorrectly labeled. Your truck is native NiMH, the sensor map you're referencing is PbA. The battery # assignment map is entirely different between PbA and NiMH. As your pack is NiMH, the sensor location assignment is 18,19,15,1,4,5 On Jul 11, 2009, at 9:02 PM, M...
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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:09:06 -0700
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Do you have photos of the battery pack? Thanks, Richard > Here's some information for the "Just-in-case-you-wanted-to-know" files: > > I discovered that the temp sensors in my (native NiMH) battery pack were > incorrectly labeled, apparently from the factory. Using my Tech2, I...
Michael Anzalone
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:02:15 -0400
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Here's some information for the "Just-in-case-you-wanted-to-know" files: I discovered that the temp sensors in my (native NiMH) battery pack were incorrectly labeled, apparently from the factory. Using my Tech2, I identified the sensors & their wire colors, and re-labeled them...
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Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:35:41 -0400
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My wife & I have had our S10 EV for about two years now and the batteries have overheated twice during that time. We have been extremely lucky and have not lost much range - we can still go about 50 miles on a charge. I have come to feel that driving and charging one of these...
Richard Falk
Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:31:46 -0700 (PDT)
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I have a 97 s-10 lead acid battery. I would like to get a tech 2. Does someone have one for sale? Any sugestions what to look for when buying one used? Thanks Rick Falk [email removed] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://five...
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Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:39:20 -0700
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I am very interested in working out a a two way full disclosure NDA with you. We also have a person helping us who believes he can develop the display. He has been developing appls for cell phones for many years. Richard > Thanks to those who have emailed me interested in the...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:50:14 -0700
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Thanks to those who have emailed me interested in the code to read from the ALDL (aka OBD1.5) the same data that the Tech2 does. NOTE: I was incorrect in stating it talks J1850; it does not. I will dust off my code and make it available as I see fit. I have both a C# Form app...
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Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:26:06 -0700
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Good morning Jeff, Can you give me any information on how to convert my truck back to PBA? Richard Hatfield > The existing EV1 dash program is only an OBDII listening device, > displaying information from a continuous stream. Battery temps are > not there. > > Battery pack tem...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:00:04 -0700
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The existing EV1 dash program is only an OBDII listening device, displaying information from a continuous stream. Battery temps are not there. Battery pack temp sensors, as well as module voltages, are a polled response from the ALDL, and not available on OBDII. PV might chime...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:40:25 -0600
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Hi All, This would be a good idea, and even better if it were simply an added screen to the existing OBD-II Palm EV1 Dash program. There would be a number of additional parameters of interest. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Alex Beamer [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Tu...
Alex Beamer
Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:26:18 -0700
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Paul, Would it be possible to pull the temperatures from the battery temp sensors and the battery box airflow temp sensor and do programing to have those temperature show up on a palm pilot? Thanks, Alex Beamer Salem On Jul 6, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Paul Peavyhouse wrote: > Mostly...
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:39:29 -0700
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Mostly just 26 voltages, 6 temperatures, airflow, and airflow temp. Basically, anything you can read from the Tech2. To be precise, the pack isn't sending the data; the truck is polling it. I fairly extensively reverse engineered most of the Tech2 protocol from Jan-Apr of this...
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Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:24:59 -0700
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Congratulations! > Here's an update on my S-10E adventure: > > > > After four and a half months of ownership, my truck rolled out of the shop > under its own power yesterday morning for the first time since I've owned > her. My son and I drove her straight over to 7-Eleven for...
Michael Anzalone
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:01:31 -0400
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Here's an update on my S-10E adventure: After four and a half months of ownership, my truck rolled out of the shop under its own power yesterday morning for the first time since I've owned her. My son and I drove her straight over to 7-Eleven for celebratory Slurpees! My first...
Michael Anzalone
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:14:22 -0400
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Just when I thought it was safe to drive an EV... Well, after two days and over 200 "virtual" miles (on jack stands), I re-installed the pack today, and...DTC #279! My best guess is that there's a short between the HV circuit and the battery tray support. Since the frame of th...
John Miller
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:33:00 -0600
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>I hope Goverment Motors does a better job for us. Government Motors aka "New GM" aka Vehicle Acquisition Holdings LLC will buy the valuable bits of "Old GM" - the rest will be liquidated. New GM, Old GM, I have a feeling that it won't matter. We will now have two companies ig...
Bill Palter
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:28:02 -0700
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So has anyone tried to replace body parts with fiberglass replacements? I think there are hoods available that should fit, plus as a test you could pull the bed off and see, it should not be too difficult to drop some weight from the truck.. btw I have both an S10 and a Rav4,...