Jeff Thomas
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:03:25 -0700
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Hello, Jerry is absolutely correct about the load influence during heat pump use. Additionally, NiMH chemistry is less efficient than PbA. Approximately .77 to 1 for Ovonic NiMH, comparing to ordinary PbA at approximately .9 to 1. There are additional weighting factors, includ...
Jerry Pohorsky
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:21:30 -0800
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Hi Scott, Jeff Thomas can give the best answer to this question. My guess is that the inefficiency of the NiMH truck is due to the large amount of power used to air condition the batteries. I used to lease one of these NiMH trucks for over a year and unless it was very cold ou...
Scott S
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:33 -0800
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At 10:20 PM 2/25/2008 -0800, Stephen Weitz wrote: >the NMH chemistry holds more power and is lighter than the lead acid so >the truck goes farther. Yes, WattHrs / Kilogram of NMH is much better, But what I am asking is why is the WattHrs / Mile of a NMH based EV S10 worse than...
Stephen Weitz
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:20:10 -0800
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the NMH chemistry holds more power and is lighter than the lead acid so the truck goes farther. Stephen in Oakland On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Scott S wrote: > Don, > I've been lurking on this list for a few months in hopes of > picking up a S10 EV. I've read a lot about the...
Scott S
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:32:34 -0800
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Don, I've been lurking on this list for a few months in hopes of picking up a S10 EV. I've read a lot about the S10, But one thing confuses me. From the S10 EV data sheet, The NiHm batteries use about 700Wh/mile and get a range of about 90 miles. The Lead Acid batteries use 40...
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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:07:59 EST
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Hello Pat Great report and I am glad your an S-10 EV driver and local too. One correction the water pump was an aftermarket. A high quality unit from Victor at Metric Mind _www.metricmind.com_ (http://www.metricmind.com) also based right here in Oregon. I would like to have a...
Jerry Pohorsky
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:00:11 -0800
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Hi Patrick, Nice write-up. Hope you get more involved with the OEVA. Their parent organization has a website: www.ElectricAuto.org that has 6 flyers that you can download as PDF files. You can print them yourself or order copies from the EAA at 10 cents each. These are two-sid...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:20:53 -0700
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Pat, a great piece you wrote here. Thanks for taking the time to post it on S10-EV. Jeff On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:23 AM, [email removed] wrote: > Hi All, > > As of Feb 26th, I have been driving an EV for 1 year. Here is the > story of my first year including trip stats, repair is...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:19:37 -0700
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Niel, though it has been parked awhile, if you allow it to complete in spite of the building differential(s), it will still provide more than 75% of the previous cycle capacity until a few service cycles bring it into balance again. Consider the cold influence on range. They a...
Niel Nielsen
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:24:36 -0600
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My body damaged S10-EV (NiMH) has sat in the garage for the last two months, while I've worked out the issues with the insurance company about the value of the vehicle. I think all that is cleared now, and I'm ready to bring it to the body shop. I'd like to drive it to the bod...
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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:23:49 -0800
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Hi All, As of Feb 26th, I have been driving an EV for 1 year. Here is the story of my first year including trip stats, repair issues, public education, anecdotes... Be prepared, it's a long email. *Intro* I drive a 1998 Chevy S10EV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S10ev>. It is m...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:45:28 -0800
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See http://www.ohler.com/palm/EV1Dash.html No individual battery voltages?. Tom Dowling From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of [email removed] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:55 AM Cc: [email removed] Subject: Re: [S10-EV] s10e Palm readout device? Wha...
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Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:54:59 -0500
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What kind of "data" are we talking about. Does it help out with battery maintenance information? ?Richard Poudrier -----Original Message----- From: Tom Dowling <[email removed]> To: 'Paul Peavyhouse' <[email removed]>; 'Steve Hawkins' <[email removed]> Cc: 'ev list - e10s - co...
Tom Dowling
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:58:31 -0800
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That should say "same as the EV1" - not the same as the RAV4 EV. There is similar hardware and software available for the RAV4 EV, but it's not the same as the EV1/S10E software and hardware. Interface adapters should still be available from Michael Schwabe - [email removed]....
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:22:54 -0800
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The s10ev used the same interface as the Rav4ev. It is called "ev1dash": http://www.ohler.com/palm/EV1Dash.html It should work on any Palm m500, but you would need to find/make an OBDII-to-Palm cable. If you are interested in altering the code, I have a sourceforge project tha...
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Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:08:59 EST
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If anyone on the list needs the charge port you do not have to pay eight hundred dollars for it. ebay item 220190813873. I have the same part in the box for 500 dollars if yours is broken. I will only sell to S-10 drivers who can confirm they actually need the part. The core w...
Paul Peavyhouse
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:55:29 -0800
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Touche! Pv On Jan 15, 2008 2:26 PM, Tom Dowling <[email removed]> wrote: > I understand. Strictly speaking, the charger is supposed to be > hard-wired, not plugged in. > > > > Tom Dowling > > > > *From:* [email removed] [mailto: > [email removed]] *On Behalf Of *Paul Peavyhous...
Tom Dowling
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:26:54 -0800
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I understand. Strictly speaking, the charger is supposed to be hard-wired, not plugged in. Tom Dowling From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Paul Peavyhouse Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:16 AM To: [email removed] Cc: [email removed] Subject: Re: [S10...
Paul Peavyhouse
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:16:04 -0800
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FYI: GFCI is still important, because most electrical codes that I have seen require GFCI for any plug in a garage or outside the house, which I would think (and hope) includes almost all EV chargers. Pv On Jan 15, 2008 10:55 AM, Tom Dowling <[email removed]> wrote: > Note tha...
Tom Dowling
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:55:05 -0800
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Note that NEC article 625.23 doesn?t apply, since the charger is rated only 32 amperes and is only 120 volts to ground. I also have never seen a GFCI device without a test and reset button, and I can?t say for sure that the Gen I built-in breaker is a GFCI device. I do recall,...
Niel Nielsen
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:53:51 -0600
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I read through the technical explanation of the Charge Port capacitor failure (Thanks again Jeff!). One thing that I'm curious about is that I think that the charge port has a temperature sensor, which I would assume is for the purpose of shutting down the charging if the char...
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Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:42:50 -0500
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The Gen 2 certainly does have GFCI protection, but I am not sure of the Gen 1. I think the breaker built into the Gen 1 is probably to comply with the National Electric Code article 625.23 "For electric vehicle supply equipment rated more than 60 amperes or more than 150 volts...
Robert Ogle
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:26:30 +0000
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Hello, Amen, check the coolant pump. Also, don't let the pack go dead, if you can help it. Lots of mistakes. Jeff has summarized well what we think happened to the charge port. It is still not clear about the charger, though. At the time that the port's capacitor did its cherr...
Paul Peavyhouse
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:18:57 -0800
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Moral: Check your coolant pump! On 1/12/08, Jeff Thomas <[email removed]> wrote: > Well, since Bob did describe a little bit about charge port > failure... I'll elaborate since you are curious. > > Bob's S-10EV had been stored for an extended period in his garage, > and some o...
Jeff Thomas
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:46:32 -0700
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Well, since Bob did describe a little bit about charge port failure... I'll elaborate since you are curious. Bob's S-10EV had been stored for an extended period in his garage, and some of the individual batteries had self discharged to the point of cells becoming shorted (zero...
The Johnsens
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:28:38 -0800
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Bob, As Tom said, the charger will display E1 when it thinks that the charger has a problem. The charger will display E2 when it thinks the Vehicle has a problem. You can use the Tech2 to clear the codes in the vehicle which are making the charger stop and display E2, then the...
Richard Kelly
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:33:03 -0800
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Tom, I get the digest version, and the images did come through. Don't know about the archives. Richard > > From: "Tom Dowling" <[email removed]> > To: "'Jeff Thomas'" <[email removed]>, <[email removed]> > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800 > Subject: Re: [S10-EV] GFCI Prot...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800
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Actually, images are allowed as long as the total size of the e-mail is not too large. I did receive the images. Images would not show up in the digest version or the archives, however. The primary charger is a wall mount Gen I charger, which is not rainproof. I believe that t...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800
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See http://www.evchargernews.com/miscfiles/evchargerlabel1-g2err-talerr.pd f E1 is a charger fault. Will the charger work with any other vehicle? Is another vehicle available to test that? The Tech 2 won't clear charger error codes, and AFAIK, there's no communication of vehic...
Robert Ogle
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:01:22 +0000
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My spare charger, gen 2, is showing a E1 error code. It was unused for quite a while, but dry and safe. In October, it was plugged into the truck with its burnt out charging port - so no charging occurred. (This is a different tale of woe and it seems my own doing!) So, the ch...