Niel Nielsen
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:35:42 -0600
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Paul, I read about the S10-EV data stream at Ohler's website. Here's the link: http://www.ohler.com/ev/ev1/DataStream.html He's using unidirectional communications (from the truck to the Palm only). It looks like Ohler figured out about 1/4 of the data in the stream. I've had...
Joshua Tomel
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:49:42 -0500
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What type of palm pilot should one get? Should I walk over to the big office supply store and buy the latest and greatest or is there a certain model with a certain OS that I should look for on that big auction site? Joshua _____________________________________________________...
Paul Peavyhouse
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:41:25 -0800
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Thanks for the info Niel. I already have a Palm hooked up to S10EV w/ the converter running EV1Dash just fine. I am pulling down the free Palm OS Developer Suite right now (http://www.access-company.com/developers/) and will start tinkering with it over the next few weeks to l...
Niel Nielsen
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:02:45 -0600
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It's interesting that I was looking at the very same thing (the EV1 dash) last night as well. Here's what I as able to find out last night: The code for the EV1 dash was written in C. It is compiled by a compiler/integrated development environment into native code for the Palm...
Gil Dawson
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:59:24 -0800
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Hi, Paul-- ChargerFinder and EVChargerNews use identical data. The data base is kept in Filemaker, with many Filemaker scripts written by Tom. Portions are updated by our four regional editors and combined into a master file on a roughly monthly cycle. Updates to the EVCharger...
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...
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:07:56 -0800
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Thanks for the links Mike! I don't quite understand the math, but I think this is very similar to what I was thinking about: http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Shorepower_Adapters-MARINCO_REVERSE_Y_ADAPTER_30A_TO_50A.html With one of these (and some knowledge of the breaker...
Mike Kane
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:07:30 -0800 (PST)
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Actually, There are a number of Boating products to do exactly this. They have circuitry to ensure they are combining equivalent phase lines, and to ensure that they don't put power out on unconnected male connectors. Here's a few samples. http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=M...
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:58:32 -0800
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I have had my S10EV for almost a week now, and except for a big scare on its first day I have loved every minute of it! The scare was itself very exciting and very comforting to know that the built in safety measures work pretty well, and w/ the right tools you can get the tru...
Jim Coate
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:01:24 -0500
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There is no real way to gang up outlets to increase the current limit. And while certain wiring arrangements might allow the voltage to be doubled, it is a recipe for disaster with the hazards involved. Sorry. Paul Peavyhouse wrote: > Is there a way to take 2 120V outlets and...
Paul Peavyhouse
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:16:48 -0800
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Is there a way to take 2 120V outlets and put one of them out of phase so that they can be combined for a total of 240V? If taken from a standard outlet, I take it the result would still be limited to ~15A. Would there be a way to combine 4 outlets to create a 240V 30A power s...
Gil Dawson
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:46 -0800
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Dear Mr Glover-- In response to your question, "Can I envision myself driving an all-electric vehicle in the future?" I most certainly can. In fact, I'm driving one today. I am one of the very lucky few who managed to purchase an all-electric vehicle made by a major automobile...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:03:26 -0800
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At 12:03 P -0800 1/24/07, Gil Dawson wrote: >I'd appreciate somebody explaining it to me. Or suggesting someone >who might can. At 1:16 P -0800 1/24/07, Park, Youngchul wrote: >Here is a starting point. >http://www.powerdesigners.com/InfoWeb/design_center/articles/DC-DC/conver...
Stephen Weitz
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:49:50 -0800
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Gil, The question you are asking, I think, is similar to the conversion of DC to AC back to DC. In AC the voltage is quite variable over time and yet it is possible to do the conversion to DC. I would think the situation you are describing with capacitors is easier than AC whe...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:03:49 -0800
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This news about ultracapacitors is huge. Never mind the details, the notion of using capacitors instead of batteries is very attractive: capacitors don't care how fast you charge them or discharge them, they don't use up any energy themselves, but simply store it. They don't g...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:05:02 -0500
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To the list, I think I just figured out why GM sold these trucks, but it's just a guess, and I have Niel to thank for it. Niel,Think of it this way, the fact that you have that fuel fired heater is probably the reason why it was available to be in our hands. It was a compromis...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:02:19 -0500
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To the list, I think I just figured out why GM sold these trucks, but it's just a guess, and I have Niel to thank for it. Niel,Think of it this way, the fact that you have that fuel fired heater is probably the reason why it was available to be in our hands. It was a compromis...
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Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:23:47 EST
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Thanks to all who responded to my request for more information on the Tesla EV. I now know more than I needed to about this machine. I will be a customer if and when the price of the Tesla falls by about two thirds. Kindest regards, Dave -------------- next part --------------...
Joshua Tomel
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:25:02 -0500
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To the list, My apologies for misquoting the ebay item # it is 300072329640. Secondly, thank you Don for giving us the great news. Third, those of you who might be interested: Sherry Boschert's book "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America" is a good book to buy i...
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Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:02:02 EST
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Hello Joshua I have the 120 chargers they are still in the boxes I have not had time to pull them out yet. As far as pricing I traded two very valuable small paddle chargers plus shipping and my hopes. I gave up hoping to come across a RAV4 when they started selling for over 5...
Rayan Ghazal
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:41:01 -0800
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Hello Everyone, We have a fault on our 1998 S-10 NiMH causing a "service now" caused by an overcharge on a new battery. All the variations of attempting a hard "reboot' to clear the faults has not worked. We need the help of a good citizen with a Tech 2 to clear the faults. Yo...
Niel Nielsen
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:25:40 -0600
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The Ovonics NiMH batteries solved two problems that had plagued electric cars for decades: 1. Short range (low energy/weight ratio) 2. Short battery life (2-3 years life on lead-acid was not uncommon) The Ovonics NiMH had a energy/weight ratio that was about double of the lead...
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Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:16:51 EST
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Most people would not know or think about the following. I have to admit the slick response the S-10 was not built as a ground up EV does at first sound reasonable. However this answer from GM Dave Barthmuss is vague and for good reason. They do not want you to consider the fo...
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Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:45:11 -0800
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The following has been discussed before, but for those who may be new to the lists I thought I'd pass it along. GM proposed a series hybrid version of its EV1 nearly 10 years ago: http://www.autoworld.com/news/GMC/Series_Hybrid.htm Based on the preliminary information we have...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:07:28 -0500
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Hi all, I enter the new year with good news for northeastern S-10 owners, Jim Coate is a godsend for you. I personally want to thank him for all his due diligence with my truck and staying around for quite awhile to make sure the job got done. Here's what Jim did, He came down...