John Miller
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:44:45 -0700
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What about pulling the HV disconnect? It won't prevent the self discharge but it will turn off the parasitic losses. From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of paul doe Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 5:06 PM To: S10 EV Archive; Stephen Weitz Subject: Re: [S1...
William Calluthers
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:47:25 -0800 (PST)
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So now we have come full circle back to the beginning! Almost exactly where Nicola Tesla was with wireless power transmission 100 years ago ! And so perfect that they should use a "Tesla" to demonstrate the wireless power transmission that Nicola loved and patented. Of course...
William Calluthers
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 22:08:51 -0800 (PST)
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Hello Stephen I would love to have more information on the hall sensor! I am going to disassemble the PIM again and measure the IGBT resistances to eliminate/include them. And i will be checking the Rail Stabilization Caps and for loose cap screws. So if i can know how to loca...
William Calluthers
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:27:27 -0800 (PST)
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Hello Greg, I was thinking the IGBT's also. I was especially thoughtful after reading The car that could (on Don's recommendation), and the big debate between Hughes and Cocconi about whether to use IGBT or multiple mosfet (also very unreliable because if one went the whole st...
Stephen Weitz
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:26:01 -0800
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I had a somewhat similar problem. In my case it was due to a bad Hall sensor in the PIM. Everything was actually working OK but a sensor was sending a bad signal. So the truck would shut down because it thought the voltage was out of phase. Unfortunately, the hall sensor is no...
Larry Paul
Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:49:13 -0800
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I did not have much time at all today at CES, but in the short time that I was there, I did I see a Tesla Roadster Sport being charged wirelessly today. The company is hoping to get OEM's to incorporate it directly into the vehicle. There was a cord looping out of the charge p...
Greg Rohrauer
Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:11:33 -0500
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I had this problem on my truck after driving a bit too hard. I believe what you are seeing is a set of failing IGBT's, in that their leakage current has grown to large. It means that the gate driver circuitry is unable to shut them off sufficiently. In my case the problem got...
List member
Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:49:33 EST
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A fellow driver just asked about this part the pack air flow sensor. The reading on the scan tool pack air flow should be reading around 80%. The sensor is a wear item and if the reading drops too low it will trigger an E2 error and stop charging. Not allowing charging makes t...
paul doe
Sat, 1 Jan 2011 16:05:56 -0800 (PST)
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Wouldn't it be easier to have a portable generator for the purpose of emergency charging?? I use the term "portable" loosely since I found it takes an 8kw continuous (13.5kw surge) to power the charger which weighs almost 300 lbs.? I also have a manual transfer switch wired in...
Stephen Weitz
Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:46:04 -0800
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I wanted to carry this RAV4 EV discussion over to the S10 community. If we have an emergency and there is no AC power, how do we keep our batteries charged? Is there a way to connect power to the regen circuit to keep the batteries healthy? Where would those contact points be...
Ryan Dela
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:09:24 -0800
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On that note, the #1 stove oil or kerosene will help prevent gelling in cold weather periods. I had a very old load of #2 diesel in my heater and recently had issues with it gelling when the temps dropped here in portland. I refilled the tank with #1 and my gelling problems ha...
Larry Paul
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:41:24 -0800
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My vote is in... I do hope the EV1 makes it to the top slot, but my second choice is the Tucker... I have always been a big fan of Preston Tucker... Best regards, Larry On Dec 25, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Paul Scott <[email removed]> wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks for sending this. It onl...
Isaac Podolefsky
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:39:33 -0600
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Well, In my garage heater I use K1 kerosene because it's the most refined and less "smelly" of the options. I haven't looked into the heater on the S10 as to whether or not it's a suitable solution for that heater. You need a special container for transporting kerosene (usuall...
lhorsley
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:26:29 -0500
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Hello, I am new to the list and I will have lots of questions I am sure. I have a 1999 Ranger ev and I really enjoy it. I have just got my first S10 1997 ev and I have ordered a service manual. I connected the magna charge and I have a E2 code. I will need a gm tech 2 scaner a...
John Miller
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:53:39 -0700
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Article on BYD Auto (a Chinese electric car and battery company) in capitalism daily: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704058704576014922703439588.ht ml
John Miller
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:58:44 -0700
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The Johnsens
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:12:10 -0800
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Thanks much Don, You'll be receiving a letter in the mail! :-) -Stephen up in Seattle- From: [email removed] Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 01:01:59 -0500 To: [email removed] Subject: [S10-EV] S-10 Software If anyone would like the S-10 software I have made copies of it. There are thre...
Jerry Pohorsky
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:39:24 -0800
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Hi Isaac, I have been contacted by someone in San Jose, CA who has a large paddle charger you can have for free if you are willing to pay for shipping. It was previously used for an EV1, so it has not been operated for a while, however it is believed to be in good working cond...
McMullin, Kevin
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:55:30 -0500
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You need to talk to Tom Dowling about a charger. He has Gen 2 chargers available. The Convince charger is another story. First, several here will tell you it should be called an "Emergency" charger. It has been very unreliable. Before I knew this, I found one on eBay and paid...
Isaac Podolefsky
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:34:56 -0600
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Good morning everyone, we currently have that Zivan charger for our S10, and we were talking last night about perhaps getting an original paddle charger for the truck. Since we'll be using lead-acid batteries and all of the original charging components are in the truck, I thou...
Noah Podolefsky
Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:49:46 -0700
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Jeff, Thanks for the explanation. I still have some questions, if you don't mind. I'm still unclear why having one separator fail would cause this sort of problem. My understanding is that if one separator fails, there battery resistance doesn't drop to zero (in general), it j...
Stephen Weitz
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:50:44 -0800
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Gregg's truck is a NiMH truck for those interested. Stephen in Oakland On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:35 AM, [email removed] wrote: > I also have a 1997 S10-EV that I purchased from Bryan Sailor a few years ago that I definitely want to sell. > > It was running more or less fine until...
McMullin, Kevin
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:28:39 -0500
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I'll add another point, if anyone did consider the Deka 12AVR-75 batteries that I used. After about 6 months of use, and 1500 miles, I had 3 batteries go bad. The guy at the Battery warehouse took a ride with me and he saw the Tech 2 showing those 3 batteries dropping to 9.4 t...
List member
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:35:35 -0500 (EST)
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I also have a 1997 S10-EV that I purchased from Bryan Sailor a few years ago that I definitely want to sell. It was running more or less fine until my charger shut off (non-related house electrical problem) when I was gone on an extended vacation. So, the batteries have been d...
Kevin Kayden
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:39:33 -0500
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Once again, thanks to Jeff Thomas for the clarification about the batteries. I have done a bit more research, and the CSB EVX12650 battery has too high an internal resistance. You would need to use the CSB EVX12750 battery, which is 75 ah and has an internal resistance of 4.5...
Thomas W. Dowling
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:30:55 -0800
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From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:48 AM To: [email removed] Subject: Have 97 S10 EV with 11K mi. For Sale Hi, I have a 1997 Ev in Atlanta Ga, thinking about selling. This one is all origional, may need some battery work, and hav...
Isaac Podolefsky
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:09:53 -0600
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Tom, Thanks for the heads up! I don't know if we'd be able to use a paddle on our truck or not since the charger was replaced with a zivan charger. It would just be nice to have for demonstration. Perhaps we'll find one that is no longer functioning that we can use. Thanks, :I...
Thomas W. Dowling
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:55:06 -0800
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Isaac and Noah, As Jerry said, where are you located? The Electric Auto Association (www.eaaev.org) has some Gen 2 large-paddle chargers for sale. $275 plus shipping. There may be many more large-paddle chargers available within the next few months, since many large-paddle cha...
Richard Falk
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:12:31 -0800 (PST)
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>From Rick Falk, ? ?????????? I have a 97 lead acid truck. I drive it every day. Approaching 2000 miles driven. I successfully but 26 Northstar? 12V60AH batteries in the battery box. I had to do modifications inside the box to mount the batteries. But all of it fit in to the b...
Jeff Thomas
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:39:30 -0700
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Noah asked: Could someone explain why parallel sets of PbA batteries are a bad idea? Why: Specifically, batteries arranged in parallel pose a significant danger in the event of a separator failure in one of the six cells of the battery. I know of a couple readers here that hav...