Gil Dawson
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:36:10 -0800
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Hi, Paul-- Nice map. Isn't Google fun? I notice that many of your charging locations do not appear in the EVChargerNews data base (http://EVChargerNews.com). Is this because you are listing different kinds of charging locations? EVChargerNews lists only LPI/SPI/Avcon chargers....
Greg Brewsaugh
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:41:25 -0800
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What I sent: Mark, Your question is "Can you picture yourself behind the wheel of an electric-powered vehicle someday." Someday? I've been driving electric vehicles since 1997, with three GM EV1s, a Toyota RAV4 EV, and a Ford Ranger EV. I'm still driving the Ford and the Toyot...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:33:25 -0800
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I have whipped together a cheezy Google Map of chargers/outlets for EVs: http://www.swooby.com/ev/charging/ At first I started to build the map myself, but then I found MapBuilder.net, which does a pretty good job of abstracting out most of the programming so that you can just...
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...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:17:21 -0800
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Interesting but flawed study. Maybe some of you would like to comment. Tom Dowling _____ From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:43 PM To: [email removed] Subject: Electric vehicle's impact on CO2 emissions I've written an article examin...
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...
Stephen Weitz
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:01:51 -0800
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Go to Teslamotors.com and be prepared to have your socks knocked off. Stephen in Oakland, CA. On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:29 AM, [email removed] wrote: > There was a small blurb last night on my local PBS station about a > new EV called the Tesla. Anyone know anything about this car...
Tom Dowling
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:44:33 -0800
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See http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-article_142/;_ylt=AijWMYvnCHHgBl9ro 8J0VM9tJNIF and www.teslamotors.com Tom Dowling _____ From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of [email removed] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:29 AM To: [email removed] Subject: [...
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...
Joshua Tomel
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:03:20 -0500
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Don, How have the convenience chargers been coming along? Also one who is interested in obtaining a S10 EV might want to check out ebay item #: 300071795790. Plenty of goodies along with it, Jeff perhaps if you can, you might want chime in on this one? Joshua _________________...
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...
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...
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Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:45:34 EST
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Hello Gil The convenience chargers I am still waiting for them to get here but they are on the way. Don -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/private/s10-ev/attachments/20061229/e25ecb68/attachment.html
Gil Dawson
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:42:28 -0800
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Has anyone bought a 120V convenience charger from Don yet? Are any working ones left for sale? --Gil
Niel Nielsen
Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:27:50 -0600
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I had an interesting experience with my S10-EV this week. The vehicle is kept and charged in our attached garage. The charger is normally set to delay the charging until 3 am. On Wednesday night, the vehicle needed charging after 37 miles of driving (Bat Life came on during th...
The Johnsens
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:54:37 -0800
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Amen. Ken Johnsen >From: [email removed] >To: [email removed] >CC: [email removed] >Subject: Re: [S10-EV] Replacement Pre-Charge Caps. >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:29:21 -0800 > >After reading all of the drama regarding the failed capacitors and the >virtual certainty that every...
Stephen Weitz
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:46:25 -0800
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I did see our beloved trucks in WKtEC. They just did not point them out or name them. Would have been nice. Stephen On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Joshua Tomel wrote: > Jeff, > You make a point to bring up what needs to be said at the > right > time. Case in point, since my only...
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Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:29:21 -0800
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After reading all of the drama regarding the failed capacitors and the virtual certainty that every one of them will fail over a period of time, I think it is incumbent of us to find a willing supplier of these devices and to change them out of have them changed out in every s...
Paul Peavyhouse
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:05:20 -0800
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FYI, you can fairly clearly see the 4 caps in the PIM in this photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/paul.peavyhouse/EVBones/photo#5002781962869735442 Pv On 12/11/06, Jeff Thomas <[email removed]> wrote: > > Well... I suppose it's time to explain this in some detail. > > I have di...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:43:19 -0700
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Well... I suppose it's time to explain this in some detail. I have discussed this problem privately with some owners, and shown those who have visited the EV Bones facilities some of the carnage resulting from catastrophic filter capacitor failure. It's bad. I did not want to...
Jim Coate
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:18:18 -0500
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Hi Gil and all - I don't know much about the EV1 problem, but I think it is a completely different situation involving a different part of the system. And I must clarify something - although there was real electrical damage to my truck, there was no real fire. No damage (or sm...
Adams, Lynn
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:43:20 -0700
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Niel (and the group) The behavior you describe is similar to my truck in cold weather. I do notice the whine from the power steering and the motor, but it is not much different than in the summer. Neither are at an annoying level and are masked by the fuel fired heater. The cy...
Gil Dawson
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:11:31 -0800
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Hi, Jim-- I was very saddened to hear about the serious damage to your truck Thank you for your detailed report. You may have allowed other S-10E owners to avoid experiencing the same thing. I do have a few questions: Where can we buy those capacitors new? Do you have any sugg...
Niel Nielsen
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:59:06 -0600
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On a NiMH S10, when the charger is connected, the battery pack active cooling (heat pump) is set to come on at a battery temperature of 86F, and off at 77F. If you are in a warm climate, say 75-85F ambient, and you have driven the vehicle and warmed the batteries even a little...
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Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:57:57 EST
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Hello Jim Thanks for the information on your problem. Isn't great to have Jeff to contact for help. I will tell my story but I am not sure what happened yet. A couple of months ago I hooked up the charger and it blew up. I wired in another and after a short time well before th...
Jim Coate
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:14:18 -0500
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My S-10 is now up and running again after several weeks of trials & tribulations. Hopefully hearing my tales can save others the hassle of going through the same thing: It all began one fall day when I parked the truck in the driveway, plugged in the charger paddle, and while...
Stephen Weitz
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:50:07 -0800
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I have the opposite opinion, although no hard data. A slow charge using 120V would not heat up the batteries so the heat pump would not go on if the ambient temperatures are moderate (like much of the year in Oakland). This would be more efficient charging (albeit longer) beca...