Joshua Tomel
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:33:19 -0400
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Richard, With the A/C pumping the air flow of 42F temps into the pack and 73% airflow going into the pack now as speak, I'm going to have to believe it's not a stuck valve. It's charging and maintaining right now with help from some nice folks here on the list, but as of yet i...
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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...
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...
paul doe
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Dave, ? ??? Your best bet is eBay.? I ended up purchasing a new unit from one of the eBay sellers because the cost of the used units was so high (typically $2,500+ for a used versus $3,300 for new with a 3 year warranty) and the spoofers were rampant.? The information availabl...
Gil Dawson
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:36:28 -0400
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Hey, Joshua, Congratulations! Nice story! --Gil At 5:19 P -0400 6/21/08, Joshua Tomel wrote: >Guys, > Shameless promotion here, hopefully coming to a local >Tribune owned paper near you: >http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-ligas135725208jun13,0,3270061.stor...
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...
Hugues Marceau
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:18:26 -0400
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Hello! Tom and Paul, thanks for answering. The charger is wired with a NEMA 14-30R plugin. It is immediately below the breaker panel and six feet from the distribution transformer. The lead in wire is 3x10 gauge cab tire cable, ten feet long. I'll figure a way how to measure t...
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:47:52 EDT
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Hello Hugues I receive the list in digest so I have not seen any follow up post yet. If you know a charger is not working correctly I would not use it. I would keep it for parts only. It is not worth taking a chance of it causing a failure that would affect more than just the...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:50:24 -0700
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How is your charger wired? How far from the mains, and what gauge? If you stick a volt or [clamp] ammeter on it, what does it read? Pv On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Hugues Marceau <[email removed]> wrote: > Hello dear electric enthusiasts! > > Have you ever seen a Magne Cha...
Hugues Marceau
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:33:00 -0400
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Hello dear electric enthusiasts! Have you ever seen a Magne Charge acting funny? One of mine start a charge, reboot, then go in standby for a while, and then continue to charge (if the charge process is not delayed). I disassembled my 3.3 kW Magne Charge, then clean its inside...
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....
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:34:14 -0700
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I dunno...but where in the heck did you get EV-95 batteries? :) Pv On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Steve Hawkins <[email removed]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I am in the final stages of the EV-95 installation and have come across a > discrepancy in the box wiring. > > > > Wh...
Joshua Tomel
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:04 -0400
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Stephen, Paul and the rest of the list, This had nothing to do with with my 12 Volt battery. It is a long standing glitch in the the system that rears it's ugly head when someone stupidly (yours truly, and hopefully not you) forgets to plug the paddle out of the charge port wh...
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...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:33:03 -0700
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Hugues-- If your apartment manager will let you have an electrician install a 240V 30-amp circuit, large paddle chargers are relatively available. --Gil At 11:40 A -0400 6/11/08, Joshua Tomel wrote: >Hugues, > I would do some research on which type of battery you >have under t...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:40:55 -0400
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Hugues, I would do some research on which type of battery you have under the bed of your truck. If it's Lead Acid batteries go for the convenience charger and do everything possible to find one, if not don't. I have NiMH batteries under my cab and if you want I can give you th...
paul doe
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
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I have the Goodyear Viva 2 which are only available from Walmart and they seem to work well. Also, they have a 60K mile warranty. Paul [email removed] wrote: Here is the link to the report. Unfortunately it is from 2003. http://tinyurl.com/53rm8j Consumer Reports also reviewed...
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:08:45 -0700
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Here is the link to the report. Unfortunately it is from 2003. http://tinyurl.com/53rm8j Consumer Reports also reviewed tires. In the all-season truck tire category the "Fuel Smart" tires were the Hankok Dyna Pro. The Pirelli Scorpion and Goodyear Fortera scored well too in th...
Hugues Marceau
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:44:43 -0400
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Hi, I'm an electrical engineering student and have access to two of the university Chevy S10 EV. Would one of you guys have a convenience charger (to sell) to let me charge a S10 in my apartment's parking? Thanks Hugues Marceau