Iron _
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:24:22 -0500
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Best prices that I've found on Lithium thus far. http://www.lionev.com/Battery_module_pricing.html From: [email removed] Subject: Re: [S10-EV] EV Weight > The largest weight reduction, and the most expensive could be achieved through a Lithium Battery refit. Is there a Lithium...
Steve Hawkins
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:42:41 -0600
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For those folks that have asked for more inverter photos here you go . Under the inverter pictures . http://www.hawkins.info/1998_s10e_underinvertersystems.html Inverter removed pictures . http://www.hawkins.info/1998_s10e_inverterremoved.html Steve -------------- next part --...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:01:02 -0700
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Wow, it looks like you're having fun. A tip for you: You have a blown buffer. And you'll need a new FF motor too. The Inverter issue is a bit more complex though. Jeff On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Steve Hawkins wrote: > Greetings all, > > > > I found two interesting things work...
Steve Hawkins
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:49:39 -0600
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Greetings all, I found two interesting things working on the s10e over the weekend and wanted to know if anyone has some ideas on these issues. The inverter issues is clearly the more important one as I think it is causing the DTC-279 that is stopping the vehicle from running....
Jeff Thomas
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:48:11 -0700
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I see that you're already working with the yahoo uselectricar group. They are your sole resource. This list serve is for owners of the GM factory built S-10EV, with no similarity to the conversion vehicle with Hughes Dolphin controllers. Jeff On Jul 6, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Mark...
Mark Yancey
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:28:43 -0700
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Does anybody here know of a person or company that is really good on working on a Dolphin Controller for a Chevrolet S-10?? Please Let me know, [email removed] or directly at: [email removed] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http...
Richard Poudrier
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:19:40 -0400
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What is your battery temperature? Are you sure your AC is running? This sounds a lot like what happened to me a month or two ago. A valve stuck in the heat pump - batteries got up to 120 F - charger would try, but then quit - many of the same error codes you are seeing. . . ?R...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:26:11 -0700
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My naive guess would be that it is a problem w/ the battery temperature sensors. There seems to have been a recent spree of a lot of them going out recently. I know 3 of the 6+ S10EVs in Seattle have needed their sensors replaced. The only way to do this is to crack the pack o...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:06:22 -0400
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Guys, For the past few days I have not been able to charge my truck. It appears from every indication to want to start the charge and I even get the charger telling me an amount of time to complete charge and then the truck stops goes into Standby and then E2. The error codes...
Bill Palter
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:44:14 -0700
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Drop a note to the uselectricar group [email removed] there are slot of people on that list that can help you. You can also download software that will allow you to talk to the computer and get the diagnostic info out of it... Be very careful if you charge at 240V, there is a...
Gil Dawson
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:43:11 -0700
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Steve, Could you please tellus the text of 279? --Gil At 12:44 P -0600 6/30/08, Steve Hawkins wrote: Hi all, The ev-95 battery box installation went very well over the weekend. I picked up the Tech 2 on Friday afternoon and found 44 codes in the system. By Saturday evening I h...
Mark Yancey
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:23:15 -0700
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Hey there all, Picked-up an S-10 EV Vehicle with the Dolphin controller. Got the battery pack to charge-up, but have the three fault lamps, Ready, Charged, and Fault on the dash board flashing all the time whether the key is on or off. Have not been able to get the main motor...
Steve Hawkins
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:44:47 -0600
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Hi all, The ev-95 battery box installation went very well over the weekend. I picked up the Tech 2 on Friday afternoon and found 44 codes in the system. By Saturday evening I had the new box installed and had just one code left, a DTC - 279. Everything else looks great, indivi...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:44:43 -0600
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Hello all. I am having too much fun here. My '98 s10e has the ev-95 pack installed now with upgraded cooling and vitalization and a tech2 is coming for me to work with this weekend. The engineers I am working with agree that she should run properly unless there are additional...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:09:43 -0400
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Guys, Feeling not up to driving this weekend I did not drive my truck after late Friday night and continuing towards late Sunday night when I wanted to go for a drive. I opened up the garage on Saturday night to get stuff out of there and the charger said complete. Left it the...
Steve Hawkins
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:49:12 -0600
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Hey Frank, Thanks for that help, much appreciated. Something just didn't smell right about it - years of wiring have helped me somewhere along the line (I think it was all the screwed up UK Lucas systems) its nice having a 6th sense sometimes. Good suggestion on the BPCM, too....
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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Sun, 25 May 2008 21:31:50 EDT
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Hello Alex Pat touched on what I believe you are noticing. I am only 50 miles from you and it is the ambient temperature. It is now warm enough in our area that the heat generated by the batteries during charging require the use of the A/C. When your batteries are reaching nea...
Dennis Scott
Sun, 25 May 2008 15:56:39 -0500
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I am trying to charge a newly remoduled Panasonic battery pack. I have the pack on the ground beside the truck for diagnostic purposes. I have 312V on the tech 2 and lowest module is 12.08V The DTC's are 230 and 231 which should reset once leveling is finished. My problem is t...
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Sat, 24 May 2008 00:45:14 -0700
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Here is what I recall Jeff telling me: > The system will periodically do bulk overcharge (leveling charge) to ensure > all 26 batteries are completely full. This removes the SOC calculation error > in the BPCM program that accumulates over time. With only six temperature > sen...
Steve Hawkins
Sun, 11 May 2008 09:30:59 -0600
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Hi Tom, Yes, the batteries have production dates on them. My set was c1999. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Sadowski [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:04 AM To: [email removed] Subject: [S10-EV] Question about the get-along-gang... Does anyon...
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Sat, 10 May 2008 15:41:02 EDT
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Hello Tom NiMH to lead? It does not make sense and I doubt this has ever occurred. When the lead acid batteries were manufactured is not usually the problem. If they are lead acid batteries that have not been kept in a high SOC in a working system they are only good for recycl...
Thomas Sadowski
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:04:18 -0500
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Does anyone here have the scoop on the trucks that came from Disney's fleet? I took order of an immaculate 1998 that came from there. No dice contacting their fleet maintenance to get it's operational history. The original NiMH's were switched out al'a GM to the VRLA Panasonic...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 7 May 2008 14:29:05 -0600
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Dear Bryan, Thanks for your response and the very interesting information copied below, nevertheless I will be happy to continue to modify my car to my needs. I did find your contention that EV-95s are "no-good" and need replacement every two years interesting, as they have be...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 7 May 2008 08:32:41 -0600
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Hi Bryan, Thanks for your response. You are correct that I am only at the first stage of learning the process. Every bit of information helps and your explanation is much appreciated. I believe I can get the recipe for the ECUs fairly easily through a cooperative local dealer...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 5 May 2008 15:23:14 -0700
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It is part of a low-pass filter. Jeff On May 5, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Frank Fenton wrote: > Those are 30.9k resistors per the Battery Pack Manual. (yep, I > finally got > one) Looks like they limit any current flow to the BCM. > Frank > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [emai...
Frank Fenton
Mon, 5 May 2008 15:45:24 -0500
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Those are 30.9k resistors per the Battery Pack Manual. (yep, I finally got one) Looks like they limit any current flow to the BCM. Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Bill Palter Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:06 PM To: St...