McMullin, Kevin
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:41:13 -0400
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New owner of a 97 S10 Electric and new to the list. My truck did not come with batteries. I attempted to purchase the Silverado Hybrid battery, (GM part # 89021957), which would "drop in". I ordered 26 of them, @ $175.00 each on 5/11/09 and was told they were shipped from Mont...
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...
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:13:18 EDT
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Several S-10 drivers have taken off the rear bumper and installed a roll pan in its place. You lose the weight of the bumper and personally I think it looks better. Fiberglass does not weigh much less than steel if you maintain close to the same integrity of the panel. A steel...
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Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:40:37 EDT
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Hello John My comment was looking towards the future production of EVs. Even though these trucks are a great vehicle they are the past as far as GM is concerned. I believe it is only a matter of time until just about every car made will plug in. My hope is GM does a better job...
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,...
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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:13:36 EDT
2009
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Hello Gil I think it is wrong to compare the S-10 to the RAV4. They are different vehicles for different uses. One is more of a passenger vehicle the other a truck. This is apples and oranges and you just cannot use the results to say one is better than the other. Also I would...
Michael Anzalone
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:59:07 -0400
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Finally - I have attained 100% SOC on my S-10! The truck that I purchased in February has come back to life. Hopefully, she'll continue to behave herself so that I can actually get her on the road! For now, she's sitting on jack stands until I'm convinced that she's ready to h...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:10:16 -0700
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Hi, Don-- You're quite right. I had forgotten that the modules had different voltages, so that comparing ampere-hours between them was meaningless. Thanks for working out the more meaningful energy measure for the two packs: 27.4 kWh for the Rv4EV vs 29 kWh for the S-10E. You'...
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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:04:44 EDT
2009
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Toyota used larger batteries (95AH v 85AH) If the size and number of the cells in modules were exactly the same this would apply. However Volts times Amps equal watts. So if you increase the volts but decrease the amps or increase the amps and lower the volts that needs to be...
Michael Anzalone
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:28:05 -0400
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I thought other S-10 owners might be interested to know that the S-10E has been approved for Clean Pass stickers in NY. I submitted the attached email back in February; I just got a response yesterday (see below): Now all I have to do is get my truck on the road! Also, here's...
Gil Dawson
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:24:58 -0700
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Steve, John, Bill & Don-- Thank you, guys, for some excellent analysis. Here's what ended up in my ad: > On Jun-22-09 at 13:13:16 PDT, seller added the following information: > > Question from BR: If the batteries are the same as the batteries > in a RAV-4 , why is your range...
Stephen Weitz
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:55:40 -0700
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The RAV4 is lighter and has a 50 KW motor. The S10 is much heavier and has an 85 KW motor I think. So it uses more electricity to get around. The RAV4 uses fans to cool the batteries. The S10 used a heatpump which uses much more energy. The batteries on the S10 do not have the...
Gil Dawson
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:31:57 -0700
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I need some help, here, please. We're selling our S-10E on eBay, and someone (burrrobert) has asked the question: > If the batteries are the same as the batteries in a RAV-4 , why is > your > range only 1/3 of the RAV ? He's referring to the fact that my S-10E gets 30 miles ra...
Gil Dawson
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:24:45 -0700
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I need some help, here, please. We're selling our S-10E on eBay, and someone (burrrobert) has asked the question: > If the batteries are the same as the batteries in a RAV-4 , why is > your > range only 1/3 of the RAV ? He's referring to the fact that my S-10E gets 30 miles ra...
Gil Dawson
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:12:58 -0700
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I need some help, here, please. We're selling our S-10E on eBay, and someone (burrrobert) has asked the question: > If the batteries are the same as the batteries in a RAV-4 , why is > your > range only 1/3 of the RAV ? He's referring to the fact that my S-10E gets 30 miles ra...
Gardner L Harris
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:15:00 -0400
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Now I wonder how one could buy that car out of salvage? It sure looks repairable to me. That kind of thing really ruins one's day. Gar Harris On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:30 -0400 [email removed] writes: > Send S10-EV mailing list submissions to > [email removed] > > To subscribe...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:57:33 -0700
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On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:26 P, Stephen Weitz wrote: > Had you pulled the high voltage disconnect beforehand to slow > voltage loss? I didn't think about that. On thinking about it, however, I think the bulk of the discharge would be through each battery itself. Discharge through...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:45:36 -0700
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Hi-- We've decided to sell our Chevy S-10E electric truck on eBay. Take a look and get all the info on it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=270411314459 --Gil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:26:59 -0700
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On May 28, 2009, at 9:37 A, Gil Dawson wrote: > Next Monday, I plan to go away for 11 days leaving my truck > unplugged. I'll let you know how it turns out. I unplugged my fully-charged truck at 9am on June 1. At 9am on June 12th, I turned on the key. The SOC needle pointed ab...
Michael Anzalone
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:48:28 -0400
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Hello again, My 1998 native NiMH truck is getting closer to running (I hope!) So far, I have replaced: A temp sensor in the battery pack The Aux. battery The HTCM (was getting "No comm." errors from the Tech 2 prior to replacement) The BPCM (was getting "E2" & DTC 274 prior to...
Thomas Sadowski, Jr.
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:48:15 -0400
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Folks, My 1998 Lead Acid S-10 Electric is for sale. I'm posting this to the list before taking the truck to a public collectors / swap meet next month. It is not running as it's batteries are toast. I have all the service manuals for it, a Tech2, and LPI charger. This truck is...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:01:13 -0700
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What's the voltage? Maybe it was the High Voltage relay? If so then you'd need to perform a State Of Charge reset by separating the HV Disconnect connector under the hood and then threading the ground off of your 12V acc battery. As you do this you will hear a ton of clicking;...
Stephen Weitz
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:45:23 -0700
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Hi Fellow S10ers, At a stop sign (near my house) I put my foot on the acc. pedal, then heard a clunck, the "Service Now" light went on and I had no forward power. Fortunately, I was able to coast into my driveway. I turned the truck off, restarted with no error lights and put...
Michael Anzalone
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:51:46 -0400
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Hello again, I was surprised to see that some people who responded to my last post thought that I was somewhat naive or even reckless...for those who may have come to the same conclusions but did not respond, please read below for clarification. My intention is not to offend;...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:07:06 -0700
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eBay Item 180364672994http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/globalAssets/rtCurve.gi f "EV1 PSCM Electric Car Motor Controler Power Steering ev This is a never used, only out of the box for photos, power steering control module for a GM EV1 electric car. I beleive this was also us...
John Miller
Sat, 30 May 2009 11:14:20 -0600
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My notes from meeting with Jeff to learn about the truck say the 12v battery needs to be replaced because it "gets overcharged". I am not sure what the connection between a dying 12v battery and killing the APCM is but at $5,000 for an APCM and $80 for a 75-60 battery, does it...
Michael Anzalone
Fri, 29 May 2009 14:40:10 -0400
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Hello again, I am planning to replace my aux. battery - any recommendations on which model I should buy? Thank you, Michael Anzalone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/private/s10-ev/attachments/200...
Michael Anzalone
Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:30 -0400
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Hello, Can anyone tell me where I might buy or borrow extension cables so that I can test my truck with the battery pack removed? I have already dropped the pack & reinstalled it only to find that it still does not run. Before I go through that again, I sure would like to be a...
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Fri, 29 May 2009 12:52:46 EDT
2009
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I have noticed this response as well but I did not feel it was worth spending time to figure it out completely. If the truck has been sitting a while and is fully asleep. When you open the door the dome light draw will wake up the truck for 3 or 4 minutes. I have never actuall...