Jerry Pohorsky
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:36:58 -0800
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Hi Lynn, OK - I get it now. The liquid heater from MetricMind mentioned below works, but it sounds like a difficult and bulky installation. There is a much cheaper and simpler solution that I would recommend. I once had a Ford Escort EV that had the electric heater from KTA se...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:01:27 -0700
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Hi Jerry, Here in Colorado, the temperature is routinely well below freezing and the heat pump cannot keep up when it get below freezing. (Even at 35-40F there is not a lot of heating from the heat pump, just not that much heat to pump). I've driven the S10E on my 44 mile comm...
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Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:39:11 +0000
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Howdy, I think you guys are missing something basic here. The GM version of the Chevy S-10 EV with the fuel fired heater already has an electrically operated heating and cooling system generally known as "the heat pump". This is used to heat the truck cabin when the outside te...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:20:32 -0800
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Thanks! Jeff, any recommendations on whether this modification would be worth the work? Pv On 3/7/07, Adams, Lynn <[email removed]> wrote: > > I've thought about when my diesel heater was not working. The easiest > one to use would be the MES-DEA RM3 fluid heater. It looks lik...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:44:53 -0700
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Please don't install a spare under the box. Just place it in the bed. Cable lock it to one of the tie downs if you need to. If you install it under the bed, consider the "impact" of battery box damage in the event of a small rear ender. $$$$ Regards, Jeff On Mar 7, 2007, at 5:...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:10:19 -0500
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I have the GM parts to install a spare tire under bed and want to do it. I figure if GM didn't have a problem installing a spare tire hoist behind the gas tank it shouldn't be any problem with the battery box either. I also realize this handicaps the trucks range carrying the...
Adams, Lynn
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:09:24 -0700
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I've thought about when my diesel heater was not working. The easiest one to use would be the MES-DEA RM3 fluid heater. It looks like it would drop in easy in the space where the transmission on the ICE truck would go and still use the heater core and fluid recirculation now i...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:53:46 -0700
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Fair warning to all, and a few others might elaborate on this; Please do not use anything other than kerosene or diesel in the fuel fired heater. It is a "touchy" mechanism, and would surely fail if anything but kerosene or diesel were used as fuel. Regards, Jeff Thomas On Mar...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:20:08 -0800
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I am not a huge subscriber to the belief that Biodiesel does not harm the environment. 100% gasless would be my personal preference. I toyed with the idea of getting a personalized license place that said "zerogas" ("no gas" was already taken), but then I thought that would be...
Stephen Weitz
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:14:25 -0800
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Why not just use Biodiesel. Then you can not add to global warming, stay warm, and not change your system, or stress your batteries? Stephen in Oakland On Mar 7, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Paul Peavyhouse wrote: > I've got 1000+ miles on my S10EV is just over a month, and I love > the...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:58:25 -0800
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I've got 1000+ miles on my S10EV is just over a month, and I love the thing. Being winter and all, I have used the fuel fired heater quite a bit and already needed to refill the tank (w/ Kerosene). While filling the tank I could help but feel guilty about putting a fossil fuel...
Frank Fenton
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:00:54 -0600
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I need new batteries also and am considering the Interstate SLA 1185 AGM as we are using in our NEVs. It looks like I can modify the existing box to hold 12 on the bottom laying on the side and 10 on the top standing up. That leaves building a battery box for 4 behind the rear...
Kevin Kayden
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:10:45 -0500
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I am happy to see the discussions about PbA batteries. In my opinion this is the most viable alternative at this point in time, especially for those people who can't get their truck out to evbones. I am wondering if some "master list" can be compiled so that everyone can know...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:35:19 -0800
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I have spent a few hours here and there in the past few weeks getting EV1Dash updated to run on the latest free Palm OS Developer Suite (PDS). I have succeeded in getting it fully working w/ PDS, and this makes a decent spring board for extending the code for future use. I hav...
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:59:03 +0000
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Howdy, There were several different S-10 implementations out there and it sounds like you may be mixing up two of them. >From the description you have given, it sounds like you have the US ElectriCar version - based on two strings of batteries and the 1994 model year. This ema...
Greg Brewsaugh
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:58:23 -0800
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You might solicit for Ranger EV owners while you're at it. There are several dozen Pb trucks that will be in need of batteries too. Greg Brewsaugh On 2/25/07, Jay Smith <[email removed]> wrote: > > Hello all > > I have a 1994 S-10, which was designed to run on two sets of 26 l...
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Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:33:57 EST
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Gar This will not work with lead acid batteries. High amps with an AGM battery such as the Panasonic will kill it for sure. There are many false beliefs out there about restoring the capacity of lead acid batteries. Mostly because of a few positive results that are not based o...
Greg Brewsaugh
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:24:12 -0800
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If it's the same thing I do with "dead" Nickel batteries to "revive" them, I hit them hard with as many amps as I think they can handle (without self destructing their internal wiring) for a few seconds. I use an RC car pack charger that puts out several (~4-5) amps at ~10 vol...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:22:52 -0700
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I have been playing with the heaters ( I have 2) over the past month trying to make one workinging model out of the two non-working models I no have. Here are my suggestions: 1) If it is still putting out heat and burning cleanly, leave it alone. The heater is the only thing I...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:31:53 -0800
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One-upmanship: they did use my entry, even though Felix didn't include it in his sample, which is a shortened version from the Bee Web site. Overall, the article is a remarkable response, very favorable. If you can get a copy of the 2/7/07 Sacramento Bee, do it! It's a collect...
Niel Nielsen
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:52:39 -0600
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The vehicle I have was owned by the Los Angeles zoo, and spent its first 8 years there. It appears that it was used for only a year or two and developed a problem and got abandoned (at the zoo) for the next 6 years. Jeff rescued it and rebuilt it, and I'm the proud owner now....
The Johnsens
Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:12:40 -0800
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Mike, I sympathize with your plight. Your experience with the California law is similar to the frustration I found when my accountant told me the federal tax credit for ZEVs had to be on new vehicles that were on a specific list. Used S-10s don't count. In Washington State we...
Mike Gaylord
Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:18:37 +0000
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Relating to the white HOV stickers: I had a wrangle with a bureaucrat in the California Air Resources Board office that issues those permits, who seemed to take great pleasure in telling me that my Solectria S-10 was NOT on his list of "approved" vehicles, and furthermore, tha...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:53:05 -0800
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I have had my S10EV for over a week now (186 miles), and I am tracking it's mileage on Google Docs & Spreadsheets. You are more than welcome to give it a look: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pnpW1bAXE1sGISIzICWYSKA Any tips on any other simple metrics that I should be...
Niel Nielsen
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:10:52 -0600
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A normal 120 volt AC outlet is fused (by a circuit breaker) at 15 amps on the "hot" wire. 15 amps times 120 volts is 1800 watts, or 1.8 KW. Combining two 120 volt outlets that are on opposite phases would give you 15 amps at 240 volts. 15 times 240 is 3600 watts, or 3.6 KW. Wh...
Stephen Weitz
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:05:32 -0800
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What is EV1Dash? Stephen in Oakland On Jan 29, 2007, at 9:57 PM, casey hartman wrote: > I wouldn't use CodeWarrior (or Visual Studio). I was able to > download and install Palm's free SDK (with emulator), write a > little hello-world-like program and download it onto my Palm a...
casey hartman
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:57:28 -0800
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I wouldn't use CodeWarrior (or Visual Studio). I was able to download and install Palm's free SDK (with emulator), write a little hello-world-like program and download it onto my Palm and run it in one evening (I'm not tooting any horns here since I'm not a very good programme...
Mike Kane
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:53:51 -0800 (PST)
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Paul if you look at the specs for the adapter in question, it converts two 30A 120V (3600W ea) circuits to one 50A 120V (7200W) circuit. Unfortunately there's no free lunch. Mike --- Paul Peavyhouse <[email removed]> wrote: > Thanks for the links Mike! > > I don't quite unders...
Mike Kane
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:49:56 -0800 (PST)
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Gil, If I remember right the expensive ones do have some user instrumentation (just a couple LEDs on the front to tell you if it's working or there's a fault). Basically the way I understand it they check for current on both legs of the adapter before they will allow any curre...
Gil Dawson
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:42:35 -0800
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At 3:07 P -0800 1/29/07, Paul Peavyhouse wrote: >How is that possible? Power from the power company mains comes to most any facility -- your house, my house, the shore dock -- as 240 volts on three wires: two hots and a neutral. The voltage between the two hots is 240 volts. T...