Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:12:03 -0800
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So, should we conclude from this that the 120V charger is useless on the NiMH S-10s? This confirms Jeff's opinion when I asked him about the old EV1 120V 1.2kWchargers. He said that these are useless because no or very little amps will reach the pack when the heat pump is runn...
Tom Dowling
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:43:16 -0800
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Joshua, You won't see anything on the EAA Website. We've decided to let Don Blazer, EAA member of Portland, Oregon, handle these chargers. We will be shipping them all to him, and he will be posting some information on the S10-EV list about availability, pricing, etc. He won't...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 07:38:47 -0800
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Below is my final report on the 11/15/06 120V Charger tests, which incorporates a few comments I received since my preliminary report written the same day. --Gil Test Report - 120V Convenience Chargers - 11/15/06 by Gil Dawson Test Description Jim Hannigan, Gardner Harris and...
casey hartman
Wed, 6 Dec 2006 23:58:42 -0800
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For those of you who have PV systems and PG&E in northern California as your utility, what rate system are you using? When I had my Ford Think City, I was on the E9 rate which is flat-rate time-of-use desinged for EV charging. Once I installed my PV system, the rate structure...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:39:20 -0500
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Tom, What's going in with the convenience charger? You mentioned the 4th but now it is the 6th. I didn't see anything on the EAA website so I'm asking you. Joshua _________________________________________________________________ Stay up-to-date with your friends through the Wi...
Steve Gibbs
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:33:42 -0600
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Hi Frank, Glad to help out. And if there are other posts out there looking for manuals, my apologies, I haven?t been watching this list as closely as I should have been for the last couple of months. Printing and shipping costs are $80. To order a set, for security reasons ple...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:11:35 -0700
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Hi Jeff, Just though I'd send a note to let you know the truck is working fine. The truck handles very well in the snow. Tuesday night it was snowing when I went home, it took almost 2 hours and slow traffic on icy roads. Other trucks and cars were unable to go up hills, but t...
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Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:13:04 EST
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Hello Gil Thank you for the added information. So at 86 degrees the 120 charger would not function. Since NiMH batteries heat up during charging and discharging. This is an unknown variable that would add heat. If the pack reaches 86 degrees from charging or discharging it wou...
Joshua Tomel
Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:07:15 -0500
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Hi all, Well I can tell you since I've had a few days to digest it, that my appeal to the higher ups partially failed. They will not allow me to install a 240V charger. The reasons they gave me are that I do not have a contract with them after April 20th, and that I don't have...
Tom Dowling
Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:36:13 -0800
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We're working on arrangements. Should have an answer by December 4. Check back then, if you haven't heard anything. Tom Dowling -----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Stephen Weitz Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 11:00 PM To: Gil...
Stephen Weitz
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:22 -0800
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How do we buy one of these chargers if we want one? Stephen in Oakland On Nov 17, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Gil Dawson wrote: > At 12:45 AM -0500 11/17/06, [email removed] wrote: >> It would be important to find the outdoor temperature that does not >> allow using the convenience cha...
Gil Dawson
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:31 -0800
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At 12:45 AM -0500 11/17/06, [email removed] wrote: >It would be important to find the outdoor temperature that does not >allow using the convenience charger. Hi, Don-- The only fact that I can think of adding to our test report is that we noted that the ambient temperature fel...
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Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:45:21 EST
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I wanted to thank everyone involved in doing this testing. There is one test I would like to know the results of. It is at what ambient temperature does using only the convenience charger heat up the NiMH pack to where it does shut down. The convenience charger is going to add...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:04:02 -0800
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Tom-- Thanks for your enhancements to our story. They are spot on, IMHO. I still fancy one of those 120V chargers, though, to support my fantasy of charging through the bathroom window at a ski lodge. Sorry about mixing up your electric cars -- you've had so many! --Gil At 1:2...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:13:19 -0800
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Hi, pete/Jim-- I trust that you will not mind my responding via these lists, but I think your question will be of interest to others, and the usefulness of my answer may be improved by the comments of others. These are the chargers that Tom referred to months ago. These charge...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:58:54 -0800
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Hi, casey-- I trust you will not mind my responding via the lists, but I think your question will be of interest to others, and my answer may benefit from the adjustments of others. I hate to be the bearer of unpleasant news, but I'm fairly sure that you'll need another way to...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:00:16 -0800
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Jim, Gar-- Below is my report on the tests we performed this afternoon. I'd appreciate your sending me your comments and corrections so that I may incorporate them into a fresh edition of this report. --Gil Preliminary Test Report - 120V Convenience Chargers - 11/15/06 - First...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:52:42 -0700
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I have to say it is a very clean vehicle. I wish I could attend to refitting the pack with NiMH sooner. It was a top rate banner-holder when Mike had it parked at the EV1 Burbank vigil. And, it's been immortalized in the WKtEC movie footage... Regards, Jeff Thomas On Nov 15, 2...
Greg Brewsaugh
Mon Nov 13 11:43:52 2006
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I had a breaker failure a couple months ago. My breaker started tripping weekly after 5+ years of service and no changes to my habits. There's a lot of current going through these things, and someone else on the list suggested they won't last forever. The breaker was the cheap...
Joshua Tomel
Mon Nov 13 01:04:43 2006
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In regard to prior discussions on certain topics I want to revise something that I feel I might have annoying others with. First off I recently found out that the Silverado hybrid has a feature no other hybrid can top, which is that the car has four 120V outlets (two inside th...
David Johnson
Mon Nov 13 00:16:05 2006
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After I posted the first message, I went back to the charger, plugged it into the truck and flipped the breaker switch on and off a half a dozen times, each time checking the display. Well, upon the 6th try, the display came alive and the normal charging sequence started. I va...
David Johnson
Mon Nov 13 00:02:25 2006
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I haven?t posted for a while but tonight I plugged my wall mount magnacharger into the truck and nothing happened. I am getting current to the charger and flipping the breaker switch off and back on didn?t correct the problem. Readjusting the seating of the paddle in the charg...
Joshua Tomel
Fri Nov 10 21:39:32 2006
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Lynn, I have done the service so no problems there. There is a biodiesel station on Long Island but it is about a little less than half a charge away. A few questions: 1. Is there any other way besides the Low Heater Fuel light coming on that my fuel is running low? 2. What ar...
Adams, Lynn
Fri Nov 10 00:11:33 2006
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It is very important to run you heater every month regardless of the climate. If you currently have diesel in the heater, run the heater using the method in the owner's manual at least 10 minutes per month. Run the old diesel out and replace it with kerosene if you only use th...
List member
Thu Nov 9 16:08:08 2006
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Hello Joshua To call the GM a hybrid truck is really a stretching the definition of the term hybrid. The AGM lead acid battery is now mass-produced and cost much less than the NiMH battery. Since the truck is not making the demands that a true hybrid would place on the battery...
(Pat (Harry) Crim)
Sun Nov 5 11:16:19 2006
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I had a similar situation Don. IBM in Tucson and the University of Arizona tech park where we were located installed 4 EV chargers with EV only parking spaces. For the entire 2 years prior to my retirement, I was the only one that used the chargers or those spaces. Harry -----...
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Sat Nov 4 13:38:59 2006
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Best of luck to you Joshua. I have the reverse of your situation. I have offered free charging and help getting the vehicles to my employees but no one is interested. My last offer was two free tickets to WKTEC. Don -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment wa...
Joshua Tomel
Fri Nov 3 14:48:32 2006
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Guys, You have it all wrong. Only one person offered the 115V (that's the true voltage of the charger) and he wanted a grand and a half for it. A few others offered help in getting a 220V charger that could be timer programmed to charge and support for me to get my employer to...
Stephen Weitz
Fri Nov 3 14:32:17 2006
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I might be interested as well. Stephen On Nov 3, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Kevin Kayden wrote: > I guess more than one person has offered the 120V charger > to Joshua, so I'm wondering what the possibilities of me > getting one are. > > > I thought that there was going to be some new...
Kevin Kayden
Fri Nov 3 13:16:39 2006
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I guess more than one person has offered the 120V charger to Joshua, so I'm wondering what the possibilities of me getting one are. I thought that there was going to be some news about a larger offering, but I never heard anything more about that. Thanks. Kevin --------------...