Johnny Chattin
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:19:00 -0500
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Thank you to everyone that is responding. You are providing the missing links I could not seem to find. Thank You, Johnny Chattin ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail...
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Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:13:09 +0000
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Hi Johnny, Welcome to the S-10 group. Some folks have manuals out there - they are also available for sale (I think) but rather expensive. Hopefully another member will respond with more info on that. Visit www.evbones.com for additional info on these trucks. This is the websi...
Johnny Chattin
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:05:30 -0500
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?I am new to this, so do I reply to [email removed]. So yes I believe I bought a queen. From what I can tell the components are intact just unplug in the motor bay. The battery box is missing, I see as no big deal as I can fabricate that. The batteries, well I found an article...
Johnny Chattin
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:42:18 -0500
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I wonder if anyone has a copy of the service manuals for the oem 1997 s10 ev. Also why doesn't anyone post any pics of the oem s10 ev on the net, there are very limited pics. I just purchased an oem s10 ev, yes it was fleet vehicle from an Air Force base. The battery box is go...
Adams, Lynn
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:48:21 -0700
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Niel, You can trick the sensor into a more reasonable temperature turn on, but you need to be aware of some of the S10 features. In short you can put a little additional resistance in the thermal sensor line (it is a thermistor that has higher resistance as it gets colder) by...
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:38:58 -0800
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I got my S10EV from Don after Jeff @ EVBones saved it from its fleet life, serviced it and sold it in to the real world about 18 months and 7000 miles ago. Now they have one of the few EV1s that was not crushed and they have brought it back from the dead. Yes!! Good Job Jeff,...
Stephen Weitz
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:14:48 -0800
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Hi Niel, I am in a moderately warm climate (the SF Bay Area). I don't use the heat at all. It simplifies all the problems you wrote about. You might try what some have done as reported on the RAV4 EV e-mail list serve: install and electric heated seat instead of heating the ai...
Niel Nielsen
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:58:40 -0600
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I don't think that GM got the chance to do much testing of the heater system on the S10EV. I'm finding that the control system has a few bugs. The main one is in the decision on when the use the heat pump or the fuel fired heater. It's supposed to use the fuel fired heater whe...
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Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:47:00 EST
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Hello Tony That was me. I think I had traffic backed up to Salem. Were you driving the truck with four headlamps and waving a fist? I was using a Tech2 and trying to go a lot miles without charging. I had to drive conservative the whole trip if I was going to make it. With no...
Ian Ward
Thu, 6 Dec 2007 03:05:45 -0600
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I have already sent a post to the Ranger EV list regarding this news, but it is also relevant to this group. I saw a photo that Peter Gabrielsson posted to his blog about EVS23: http://www.electric-lemon.com/?q=node/280 http://www.flickr.com/photos/56927836 at N00/2088484036/...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:59:46 -0700
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Possibly Don or Pat. Maybe they'll chime in. There's somewhere close to ten S-10EV's in Portland. All thanks to Don's efforts to reintroduce them. Jeff On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:10 PM, tony barker wrote: > > As a former Vacavillian and now a WA resident, I was blown away at > an S...
tony barker
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 05:10:17 +0000
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As a former Vacavillian and now a WA resident, I was blown away at an S10E sighting on I5 last Friday afternoon. NB I5 at the Oregon/WA border. Tony Barker From: [email removed]: S10-EV Digest, Vol 51, Issue 19To: [email removed]: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:02:21 -0500Send S10-EV mai...
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Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:05:35 EST
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Frank Check with Jeff Thomas at [email removed] (mailto:[email removed]) for a charging station I believe your Tech2 is reading the stored DTC you need to clear them. Don Blazer OK, got some time to get back on the S-10... Got the Tech 2 and have found the following: Trouble c...
Frank Fenton
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:05:06 -0600
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OK, got some time to get back on the S-10... Got the Tech 2 and have found the following: Trouble codes of Low Battery and Very Low Battery plus Comm Failure Batteries are at 320 to 330 volts, so have plenty of charge and the Tech 2 reads that voltage. When I look at the Batte...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:08:38 -0800
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Joshua-- It looks reasonable, modulo the safety concerns. However, the EV-1 Dash program replaces the Scan Tool with a Palm Pilot to achieve similar results. Had you heard about this? --Gil At 6:40 P -0500 11/14/07, Joshua Tomel wrote: >Surfing the web I came upon this website...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:40:55 -0500
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Surfing the web I came upon this website: http://genki.home.ionet.net/BattMon/BattMonArticle.html This guy put together an individual battery voltage gauge on his dashboard of his Force. If it could be done you would never need a scan tool to know what batteries are needing re...
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Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:24:28 EST
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You neeed to join the USE s10 discussion group...All thi diagrams, pix and files you are looking for are on their site cv ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:...
Frank Fenton
Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:12:23 -0600
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OK, I got a picture story together for all to see. It is posted at http://www.andersontimer.com/S10%20Battery%20Boxes.htm It is not running yet.. Service Now and Batt Life lights are still coming on. I have a Tech 2 on the way but am in dire need of a battery box wiring diagra...
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Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:49:22 EST
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Hello Frank Did the vehicle work before you did this conversion? I am not clear how you set up the replacement and added battery box in the rear. It could be the changes you made has the factory system seeing a problem. I was considering adding Lee's battery balancer to the S-...
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Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:11:34 EST
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Hello Richard Great to hear your doing well with the truck. You noticed in time to be a bit more conservative and increased you range. It's too bad the heat pump uses so much power I usually drive around with it off. Gloves really help when holding on to a freezing steering wh...
Frank Fenton
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:01:22 -0600
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Thanks for the inputs so far. To clarify a bit... This is a totally new battery box that is made to use the same mounting method as the original. The rear box uses existing holes in the frame so no new holes were drilled in the frame. All is pristine, including the old battery...
Niel Nielsen
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:15:21 -0600
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First of all, let me say that I am thrilled to own one of these vehicles, and wouldn't trade it for anything. This is an important part of automotive history and the example of where the US should be right now, instead of starting wars to feed our oil addiction. This vehicle w...
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Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:39:54 EST
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Frank Fenton
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:12:00 -0600
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Just finished the box, wiring, etc and temporarily hooked it up. Using Group 27 Interstate AGM SLA batteries. Got some action including Power Steering and AC operating but no propulsion. Getting two lights on dash...Service Now and Batt Life. SOC gauge heads upward when key is...
Joshua Tomel
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:27:49 -0400
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Lynn, Ebay is a very fickle marketplace, as we seen dead S10 EV's have gone for almost 15K, with almost assured more problems than just dead batteries. I'm not Ebay Power seller but in my auctions I have gone through enough trial and error in selling that have lead me to four...
Jeff Thomas
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:08:26 -0700
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There is a price to be paid by not charging the S-10EV to full, and outweighs the benefit of not charging to full. I'll explain. Each of the 26 NiMH battery modules exhibit a slightly different impedance and parasitic discharge rate. Differing module temperatures occur due to...
Adams, Lynn
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:52:57 -0600
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I am thinking about selling my S10E and would like to get the list's input on what price it should sell for. This is a 1997 S10E with the EVBones NiMH upgrade. I got the truck in March 2006 with 12600 miles on the truck with the recently installed NiMH pack. The truck now has...
Stephen Weitz
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 21:14:25 -0700
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I don't have the data to back up my opinion, but I think full 100% charging does shorten battery life. On the Toyota Prius, the NMH batteries are cycled between 40% and I think 85% SOC. They could get the most life out of their batteries in this range. This makes sense to me....
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:46:50 -0700
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Well said about the regen. Regening up to a stop light is *never* more efficient than if you had just been patient and timed your driving right to wait for the light to turn green. The most efficient driving involves never losing your momentum, which results in your right foot...