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 _________________...
casey hartman
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:47:25 -0800
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This is a little late but for anyone in the Stanford area... I know there are a few S10 EVs around here. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/colloquia.html 5:30pm Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus Cubberley Auditorium (Education B...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:40:22 -0800
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/PR-CO-20070109-902621-SHkeRpMOS5nUZ6v2_js6b6zmyY4_20070109.html?mod=wsjcrmain How many S10EV came from Disney as surplus because they couldn't find a use for them anymore? Pv -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was sc...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:40:22 -0800
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/PR-CO-20070109-902621-SHkeRpMOS5nUZ6v2_js6b6zmyY4_20070109.html?mod=wsjcrmain How many S10EV came from Disney as surplus because they couldn't find a use for them anymore? Pv -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was sc...
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...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:12:42 -0500
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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
Jeff Thomas
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:11:19 -0700
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In some limited testing a couple years ago, I found the GoodYear Assurance Comfortred provided the best mix of handling, tread life, road conditions, and rolling resistance in a commonly available tire. A total of four tires were tested, and the Goodyear tire was a clear winne...
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...
Paul Peavyhouse
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:35:12 -0800
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I will second that the S10 EV was also completely unknown to me until I stumbled across one on ebay (being sold by evbones...a rarity to see them on ebay). I helped to build and race Montana State University's solarcar entry in to GM's 1995's SunRayce. In 1995 the energy was h...
Joshua Tomel
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:34:28 -0500
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Jeff, You make a point to bring up what needs to be said at the right time. Case in point, since my only contact to the vigil is second hand press releases and of course WKtEC, I feel I should just bring up thoughts since seeing the film and the DVD extras. First the cornersto...
Jeff Thomas
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:29:39 -0700
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As everyone who reads this list already knows, the Burbank EV1 vigil had culminated in March of '05 with GM sending in the transports to remove the items in controversy. I was fortunate to photograph much of those concluding events that were also immortalized by a segment in W...
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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...
pete hoijer
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:33:43 -0800
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does anyone have a schematic of the inverter and other electronics not covered by the 1997 s-10 manuals ? pete hoijer [email removed] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/private/s10-ev/attachments/200...
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...
Niel Nielsen
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:59:53 -0600
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Niel Nielsen
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:13:41 -0600
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Lynn, I'm a recent new owner of an S10-EV. I bought Jeff's 37th (I believe) rebuilt truck, and took delivery of it at the end of November. It's a '98 and has about 7000 miles on it. I'm very happy with it. Jeff did a great job with it, as usual. I am in the Chicago area. The w...
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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...