casey hartman
Thu Mar 9 02:02:14 2006
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For the past year I've been driving my S10-EV in the carpool lane on 101 in the SF Bay area for my morning and evening commutes. I've been pulled over four times - three in the past month. I have all the CA DMV stickers and I even have a small ELECTRIC label on the back tailga...
Ken
Tue Feb 28 10:05:50 2006
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Seldon said: >>>This is very disturbing, and not a great harbinger of things to come. >>>I assume that there is no longer anyone out there looking out for our >>>interests in having a reliable infrastructure, and the risk of >>>getting into a jam in places like Riverside will...
Steve Gibbs
Tue Feb 14 19:59:41 2006
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I'm looking for a wiring diagram for insides of the battery box of a 1998 S-10 EV (OEM conversion). The factory manuals only show the wiring as far as the Canon plug on the front of the battery box, but the Battery Pack Control Module and a complete harness (including voltage...
Gil Dawson
Tue Feb 14 16:10:55 2006
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Yes! Jeff called last night with the news. He's available to start on 2/27. --Gil At 9:07 AM -0800 2/14/06, Tom Dowling wrote: >Gil, > >So, are you converting to NiMH? > > >Tom > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email removed] >[mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Gil Daws...
Tom Dowling
Tue Feb 14 12:07:57 2006
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Gil, So, are you converting to NiMH? Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Gil Dawson Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:30 AM To: [email removed] Subject: [S10-EV] 26 PbA VRLA Batteries I am rather pleased to announce that...
Tom Dowling
Fri Feb 3 17:57:38 2006
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It's a Gen 2 large paddle, model WM7200. The model number WM7200 is the same for Gen 2 and Gen 2+. The serial number starts with SM4770, which indicates it's a large-paddle charger, not a Gen 2+, small-paddle. (Gen 2+ serial numbers start with SM5276.) It will work with S10Es...
Jeff Thomas
Fri Feb 3 16:10:34 2006
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Gil, this is a WM7200 (image of decal states WM7200) = LPI Gen2 Weatherproof, and much more reliable than the Gen1 version. Jeff Thomas On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Gil Dawson wrote: > Starting bid 150, BuyItNow 200. No bids, 2 days left. > > Can't tell whether for sure it's la...
Gil Dawson
Fri Feb 3 16:03:29 2006
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Starting bid 150, BuyItNow 200. No bids, 2 days left. Can't tell whether for sure it's large paddle or small; I've asked seller for a pic of the paddle. Item number 5661641473 View at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5661641473&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1
Jeff Thomas
Mon Jan 2 13:16:38 2006
2006
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http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=756819 This is another of the 1997 model S-10EV's being used as service vehicles on Warner Robbins AFB in GA. Mileage is unknown, expect that the batteries are no longer useable. Would be a very nice fixer-upper. The titled S-10EV...
Tom Dowling
Fri Dec 30 17:27:21 2005
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Two new chargers (1 SPI, 1 Avcon) were installed in May, 2005, dedicated as public chargers, alongside the previous chargers which are primarily for fleet use. The new listing was published to cover the new public chargers, including the small-paddle inductive charger. Since M...
Tom Dowling
Thu Dec 29 23:05:13 2005
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Karen, I believe the garage is closed at certain times. I don't have the times, though. I'd appreciate somebody getting the times for me, so I can post them. I think they are very late evening and very early morning times. We use "Restricted parking" to mean anything less than...
Tom Dowling
Thu Dec 29 16:25:33 2005
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A new listing has been published, for Mountain View City Hall. This site has been in operation since last May, but the listing has just been published. This site is in downtown Mountain View, with many stores and eateries nearby. In the Civic Center there is a Performing Arts...
List member
Thu Dec 29 01:08:40 2005
2005
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Howdy, If you are considering a year-end tax deduction, you can help yourself and help the Electric Auto Association (EAA) at the same time. But you'll have to act fast - the deadline is 12-31-05. Honorary EAA membership for one year is given to anyone who donates $100 or more...
List member
Wed Dec 28 00:30:58 2005
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Hello Tom Your information is correct both systems are 312 volts. I looked at my notes on the Ranger battery when I had a pack out about 18 months ago. Looks like the exact same dimensions as the Panasonic batteries used in the S-10 only difference is 8 and 12 volts and the Pa...
Tom Dowling
Tue Dec 27 23:05:44 2005
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The Ranger EV PbA has 8V batteries, 39 of them, and the S10E PbA has 12V batteries, 26 of them. I don't think they are the same size. Tom Dowling _____ From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of [email removed] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 7:29 PM To: [ema...
tony barker
Sat Dec 10 19:28:59 2005
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Jeff Thomas
Thu Dec 8 11:38:29 2005
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Heads up all you prospective Chevrolet S-10EV owners. A 1998 S-10EV is listed on ebay right now. http://search.ebay.com/4595844069 A bit of history I know about this truck, VIN# 1GCDE14H9W8103758: The seller had purchased this S-10EV on ebay as INOP awhile back, originating fr...
Tom Dowling
Fri Dec 2 16:34:22 2005
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We've been working on upgrading the EV Charger News Web site. The first item ready for testing is a new, improved charging site detail page. This new page has been redesigned to move all the most-needed information to the top of the page. In most cases, if you want to print so...
Tom Dowling
Sat Nov 19 15:36:48 2005
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_____ From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Thomas Drake Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:34 AM To: [email removed] Subject: S10E has been sold.... Truck has been sold. (Originally posted in April.) Here are the details. =============== [S10-EV] FOR S...
List member
Thu Nov 17 00:11:47 2005
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For those in the Southern California area: This evening I confirmed with Tom Gage of AC Propulsion that he will be giving a talk Saturday at the EVAOSC meeting in Diamond Bar. The topic of his Powerpoint presentation is "AC Propulsion- Past, Present, and Future". Meeting start...
Jim Wampler
Fri Oct 28 14:23:39 2005
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Hi Jeff, Thanks for your reply, I always appreciate your input. It was the outside air temp thermistor, or the wiring to it. I added a relay and resistor so I can manually control the diesel heater by switching between the thermistor and resistor. The resistor is sized to indi...
Jeff Thomas
Fri Oct 28 12:09:07 2005
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Jim, I somehow missed this post a couple days back. What you are experiencing is most likely either a failure of the Battery Pack cooling fan, or a corroded Pack Airflow Thermistor (mass airflow sensor) used to measure volume. Towing would not have initiated this problem. Eith...
Tom Dowling
Fri Oct 28 01:37:05 2005
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The Electric Auto Association (EAA) does have some large-paddle chargers for sale. Check with me offline if you are interested. Proceeds will be used to support the public charging infrastructure. Tom Dowling _____ From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of To...
Tom Shjarback
Fri Oct 28 00:38:47 2005
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Jeff [email removed] has some for sale. Or try Tom Dowling, he may be able to get you one. Tom Dowling [[email removed]] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/private/s10-ev/attachments/20051027/9ad5ed9...
Tom Shjarback
Fri Oct 28 00:35:01 2005
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Jim, It looks like the Tech II scan tool is the only OBD device that will read the S10E trouble codes. The inexpensive ones don?t have the software in them to read the electric trucks computer. I am able to borrow a Tech II from where I work, so I am lucky! Good luck finding o...
Jim Wampler
Tue Oct 25 16:52:37 2005
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Hi fellow S10EV drivers, The tread came off one of the Uniroyal High Efficiency tires that came with my S10. I decided to replace all four tires rather than only one or a pair. Jeff [email removed] recommended Goodyear Assurance with which he has had good results (thanks Jeff!...
Tom Dowling
Mon Oct 24 15:04:04 2005
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I've started a new ranger-ev mailing list. There's nothing there yet, but the list will have an archive. I encourage you all to join, so there will be a common place for discussion and information sharing by folks who have Ranger EVs, or are about to be offered Ranger EVs. The...
Tom Dowling
Sun Oct 23 14:11:15 2005
2005
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-----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Noel Adams Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 10:28 AM To: [email removed]; [email removed] Subject: [RAV4-EV] LPI charger being sold on evfinder.com I just had a guy whi I believe is based in D...
Jeff Thomas
Tue Oct 11 12:51:29 2005
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http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=694396 It is a bit rough, but could become a nice daily driver with a little work put into it. Appears the driver side glass is out, some minor dents, and hood appears sprung. It does have very low mileage, and had a new PIM (Power...
Tom Dowling
Mon Sep 26 16:28:16 2005
2005
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Mail list administration bulletin: The archives for all four evchargernews mailing lists have recently been reformatted from monthly format to annual format. This was done in order to make it easer to find items of interest. The archives are a valuable source of information, e...