Niel Nielsen
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:05:21 -0500
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My S10-EV has a failing battery box blower (pack fan) that Jeff has helped to diagnose. Jeff said that the reliability of the original blowers used in these vehicles leaves a fair amount to be desired, but GM redesigned the blowers sometime after 1998, and the newer replacemen...
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Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:08:41 +0000
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Hi Bill, That's easy. Just do a Google search on "heated seats" and you will find more links than you can imagine. I got over a million "hits". Here is the first of many, as an example: http://www.heatedseatkits.com/ (OEM Style Heated Seat Kits $80 Factory trained support + fr...
Joshua Tomel
Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:47 -0500
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Does anyone have a EV1 dash cable they would like to sell? I brought a Palm m515 and got a brick like OBD II cable and it didn't work. I recall Jeff mentioned he had Palm and cable setups, but I already have the Palm and with discussions with him, the cable is understandably s...
Bill Palter
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:37:10 -0800
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How about finding some aftermarket seat heaters? Using them on my RAV4 really reduces the need to heat the cabin... Bill Quoting "Adams, Lynn" <[email removed]>: > Hi Jerry, > > Here in Colorado, the temperature is routinely well below freezing and > the heat pump cannot keep...
Jerry Pohorsky
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:36:58 -0800
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Hi Lynn, OK - I get it now. The liquid heater from MetricMind mentioned below works, but it sounds like a difficult and bulky installation. There is a much cheaper and simpler solution that I would recommend. I once had a Ford Escort EV that had the electric heater from KTA se...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:33:10 -0700
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Gil and others, I have found the best place to get up to date information is the Austin EV site at: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/build that page will bring you to many links, one of which is the ev discussion mailing list: http://www.madkatz.com/ev/evlist.html One nice thin...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:01:27 -0700
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Hi Jerry, Here in Colorado, the temperature is routinely well below freezing and the heat pump cannot keep up when it get below freezing. (Even at 35-40F there is not a lot of heating from the heat pump, just not that much heat to pump). I've driven the S10E on my 44 mile comm...
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Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:39:11 +0000
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Howdy, I think you guys are missing something basic here. The GM version of the Chevy S-10 EV with the fuel fired heater already has an electrically operated heating and cooling system generally known as "the heat pump". This is used to heat the truck cabin when the outside te...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:20:32 -0800
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Thanks! Jeff, any recommendations on whether this modification would be worth the work? Pv On 3/7/07, Adams, Lynn <[email removed]> wrote: > > I've thought about when my diesel heater was not working. The easiest > one to use would be the MES-DEA RM3 fluid heater. It looks lik...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:44:53 -0700
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Please don't install a spare under the box. Just place it in the bed. Cable lock it to one of the tie downs if you need to. If you install it under the bed, consider the "impact" of battery box damage in the event of a small rear ender. $$$$ Regards, Jeff On Mar 7, 2007, at 5:...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:10:19 -0500
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I have the GM parts to install a spare tire under bed and want to do it. I figure if GM didn't have a problem installing a spare tire hoist behind the gas tank it shouldn't be any problem with the battery box either. I also realize this handicaps the trucks range carrying the...
Adams, Lynn
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:09:24 -0700
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I've thought about when my diesel heater was not working. The easiest one to use would be the MES-DEA RM3 fluid heater. It looks like it would drop in easy in the space where the transmission on the ICE truck would go and still use the heater core and fluid recirculation now i...
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:53:46 -0700
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Fair warning to all, and a few others might elaborate on this; Please do not use anything other than kerosene or diesel in the fuel fired heater. It is a "touchy" mechanism, and would surely fail if anything but kerosene or diesel were used as fuel. Regards, Jeff Thomas On Mar...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:20:08 -0800
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I am not a huge subscriber to the belief that Biodiesel does not harm the environment. 100% gasless would be my personal preference. I toyed with the idea of getting a personalized license place that said "zerogas" ("no gas" was already taken), but then I thought that would be...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:12:59 -0800
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The inductive charging of the EV1/S10EV is really cool and all, but a lot of times it can also be a big inconvenience. I live in Seattle, and there are no known Inductive Paddle Chargers anywhere in the area. Currently I carry my 2nd charger in a padded water proof crate in th...
Stephen Weitz
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:14:25 -0800
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Why not just use Biodiesel. Then you can not add to global warming, stay warm, and not change your system, or stress your batteries? Stephen in Oakland On Mar 7, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Paul Peavyhouse wrote: > I've got 1000+ miles on my S10EV is just over a month, and I love > the...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:58:25 -0800
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I've got 1000+ miles on my S10EV is just over a month, and I love the thing. Being winter and all, I have used the fuel fired heater quite a bit and already needed to refill the tank (w/ Kerosene). While filling the tank I could help but feel guilty about putting a fossil fuel...
Frank Fenton
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:00:54 -0600
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I need new batteries also and am considering the Interstate SLA 1185 AGM as we are using in our NEVs. It looks like I can modify the existing box to hold 12 on the bottom laying on the side and 10 on the top standing up. That leaves building a battery box for 4 behind the rear...
Kevin Kayden
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:10:45 -0500
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I am happy to see the discussions about PbA batteries. In my opinion this is the most viable alternative at this point in time, especially for those people who can't get their truck out to evbones. I am wondering if some "master list" can be compiled so that everyone can know...
Tom
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:05:59 -0500
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http://www.evbones.com/ Dan Mattice wrote: > Hi i have a 1997 S10-EV vin 1gcde14h9v8199860-elec. And i need a complete battery pack does anybody know where i can get one or the parts for it? Thanx. > Dan > [email removed] > 805-698-6595 > ______________________________________...
Paul Peavyhouse
Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:12:38 -0800
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Great news! Thanks for keeping them rolling Jeff! Pv On 3/3/07, Joshua Tomel <[email removed]> wrote: > > List members, > Good news as my truck is up and running again. A very > special thanks to Jeff for heavily discounting a new Power Inverter Module > for me, and for giving...
Joshua Tomel
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:37:47 -0500
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List members, Good news as my truck is up and running again. A very special thanks to Jeff for heavily discounting a new Power Inverter Module for me, and for giving me a credit for the old one. A big thanks as well goes to Jim who not only installed the new PIM but also insta...
Paul Peavyhouse
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:35:19 -0800
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I have spent a few hours here and there in the past few weeks getting EV1Dash updated to run on the latest free Palm OS Developer Suite (PDS). I have succeeded in getting it fully working w/ PDS, and this makes a decent spring board for extending the code for future use. I hav...
Bill Palter
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:13:04 -0800
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Frank, At one point when I had a bad module, I was able to fit 2 optima batteries into the same space as 2 of the S10 modules. I had to saw off the posts on top (and flow lead on top of them), you could replace all but two this way and then build a box to hold the two (the one...
Niel Nielsen
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:29:56 -0600
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There were a couple of mentions of electric cars in a recent episode of Boston Legal. Here's a link to a 51 second clip showing the highlights. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FJmrckO33Y Niel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http...
Joshua Tomel
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:53:49 -0500
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To the list, I first want to apologize to the people who before Don sold me the 120 Volt charger, you gave me the opportunity to acquire one and I not only did I snub you but I spit in your face with the comments I left on the list here last week and I truly am sorry for that....
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:10:11 +0000
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Hi Frank, Contact Jeff [email removed] Adios, Jerry Pohorsky -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Frank Fenton" <[email removed]> > I just got my 1997 truck and have removed the battery pack to find 26 dead > Panasonic EC-EV1060U batteries with date co...
Sherry Goodreau
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:59:04 +0000
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Hello, I would like to stop getting your S10EV e-mail. I don't know how to unsubscribe can you help me out with this. My email address is [email removed]. Thank you. and good day _________________________________________________________________ With tax season right around the...
Frank Fenton
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:11:17 -0600
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I just got my 1997 truck and have removed the battery pack to find 26 dead Panasonic EC-EV1060U batteries with date code January 1999. I cannot get any to take a charge and am now searching for new batteries. My local Interstate Distributor has nothing as a direct fit and the...
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:59:03 +0000
2007
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Howdy, There were several different S-10 implementations out there and it sounds like you may be mixing up two of them. >From the description you have given, it sounds like you have the US ElectriCar version - based on two strings of batteries and the 1994 model year. This ema...