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Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:59:59 EDT
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If you do not keep a lead acid battery near full charge sulfation builds up in the battery. The flooded battery needs a good charge or balance charge to help mix up the electrolyte. I am not aware of any lead acid battery that does well with deep discharges. It will always sho...
Mike Kane
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
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Jeff, I will say, however, that the pansonic pack in my former S-10 went at least 20,000 miles. I heard through the grapevine that the original pack was replaced with the panasonic one after a few thousand miles, but I was never able to confirm. The truck had 14,000 miles on i...
Jeff Thomas
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:20:36 -0700
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On Jul 11, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Niel Nielsen wrote: > > Different subject... Deep Discharging vs Cycle Life for Lead Acid. > > I was looking into lead acid batteries for a friend's EV, and asked > the Trojan Battery company for information about cycle life vs DOD > for one of the...
Niel Nielsen
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:14:01 -0500
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My truck was built with NiMH, and the pack was serviced and any weak cells were replaced when Jeff was restoring the vehicle. I'm pretty happy with this pack. It has significantly longer range than the lead acid pack, and significantly longer life. If I take care of it, it cou...
Kevin Kayden
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:39:17 -0400
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Yes, the EV1260 is available, but only in Japan through Panasonic's subsidary Matsushita battery. We even found a great guy, Eiichi Oogami, who was going to try to help with the purchase through the Japan EV club. Don in Oregon ([email removed]) was also working hard to arrang...
paul doe
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
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Dennis, ? ??? It was Chevron who sued Panasonic and Toyota for patent infringement after having merged with Texaco to acquire their share of the Ovonics company.? Check Wikipedia and EV1.org for the details.? You might want to check with Bryan or Jeff to see if they can do an...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:40:54 EDT
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Hello Scott I think there are a couple of other trucks that have recently had New 1255 installed. It would take a while before anyone figures out what they can really stand up to. Driver and driving conditions would also have an impact. Yes higher energy in and out but not mad...
Dennis Scott
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:07:09 -0500
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I believe I may be the only S10 Electric that is currently using the EV-HV1255 battery. That said I guess I am the guinea pig. I have as a lot of other people, tried to get the 1260 batteries or any other battery to get my truck operational. I called Panasonic in the US and ha...
eric
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:20:27 -0400
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Usually there are only parts restriction on warranty parts and when pqc or tac stops an order they are usually unaware that it is customer pay. I have ran into this twice while ordering parts. Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >...
Iron _
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:05:15 -0500
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ProEV 1995 Subaru Impreza utilizes Kokam batteries. There is also a ton battery performance data on this site, as well as video clips. Should be proof that the batteries are for real, but really darn expensive too. The price of a Kokam 100 amp-hr cell is $592 US according to t...
Paul Peavyhouse
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:57:23 -0700
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$11K for batteries actually sounds like a great deal, in fact to me it sounds too good to be true and that there must be some gotcha. The hesitation I have is with the quality and compatible integration w/ the truck. I too hope that my batteries continue to hold out and trust...
paul doe
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
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$10,296 plus shipping from Hong Kong!? I hope my batteries hold out until the prices come down a little.? At least the technology is out there. ? Paul --- On Tue, 7/8/08, Dennis Scott <[email removed]> wrote: From: Dennis Scott <[email removed]> Subject: [S10-EV] Lithium Iron...
Dennis Scott
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:26:14 -0500
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I found this company from an Ebay ad for a Rav 4 conversion http://www.tradwinhk.com/ I like the format and I thought I would pass it on The Rav4 owner claimed 150 miles on a DC drive he was using 156V 260AH setup. Here is a quote they sent me 686 lbs for all 104 (26 sets of 4...
Jeff Thomas
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:43:31 -0700
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On Jul 8, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Iron _ wrote: > Best prices that I've found on Lithium thus far. > http://www.lionev.com/Battery_module_pricing.html > Please let us know when you send them money. YIKES http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/13/lionev-delivers-first- converted-ford-...
John Miller
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:37:04 -0700
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Somewhere, in a parallel universe (or maybe Kentucky) people modify their gas S-10 to turn them into drag racers. The ? mile S-10 people and the EV S-10 people share a similar goal in wanting to reduce the weight of the vehicle. There are shops in California and elsewhere wher...
Jeff Thomas
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:58:14 -0700
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You have to consider the safety factor. Yes, there are a number of suppliers offering lightweight composite or 'glas panels for the S-10 series trucks. And these are marketed primarily to kids with no consideration for safety. Aftermarket front end sheet metal from the likes o...
paul doe
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:29:49 -0700 (PDT)
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??? I'm trying to lighten the S10-EV to improve the overall performance.? The biggest difference structurally between the EV1 and the S10-EV is weight.? The EV1 was about 1400 lbs lighter than the S10-EV.? I don't think it is practical to expect that type of weight reduction w...
Bryan Sailors
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:28:26 -0700
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I am curious if you have a scan tool and get a chance go to data page 0 on DCM control and report back the negative current draw @ 55mph on a flat grade for a 30 second or so period with consistent speed. Also please let us know your tire pressure at the time. thanks Bryan On...
Dennis Scott
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:21:57 -0500
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I just purchased some 2008 Cadillac CTS 17" wheels the offset is correct the tires are Michelin Pilots and they are exactly the same OD as original tires and are considered low rolling resistance the only modification is that the center hole must be bored out a small amount th...
EVdave
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:06:46 -0400
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when i bought my solectria e10.... i noticed too that the front ABS plug was disconnected. I tried to plug it in and when i did, and i turned on the ignition, it made all sorts of noises, so much so, that i shut the car off immediately, unplugged it, and never plugged it in ag...
Bryan Sailors
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:43:49 -0700
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the intermittent tick or click when initially backing up is normal. On Jul 3, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Dennis Scott wrote: > I noticed the ABS front plug in was disconnected when I bought this > truck > and I plugged it in also the wiper motor was disconnected. I plugged > both > bac...
Bryan Sailors
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:29:54 -0700
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Yes it should "lurch" every few seconds but it is subtly different with every truck. If your pedal pots were a problems you would get a accell pedal correlation dtc. look at the scan tool during driving @ data page 0 (I believe) and watch the - amps when coasting. About 4 sec...
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Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:54:43 -0700
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Ok Dennis On a lead truck regen can be inhibited by 2 things. The 1st is ABS brakes failure (multiple possibilities there) or 2nd a bad temp sensor. The temp sensor can go open and read high so the battery looks overtemp (around 160 F) and regen will be disabled. If you dont g...
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...
Dennis Scott
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:16:47 -0500
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Hello all, I have recently gotten my S10E running using the Panasonic EC-HV1255 batteries and it started out running perfect but now has quit regenerating. I have no codes and PPS readings appear normal. I have not done a check on resistance readings yet. The vehicle runs grea...
Hugues Marceau
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:34:30 -0400
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Hi guys! I think /my/ three chargers model/FCC number is MH12880. But because the rear stickers are quite erased, I can't read the S/N. Except the one which is inside the charger, and which might be the chipset S/N (*R9716004*). The wall-mount looks like one on the photo of th...
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...
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...