Ron, I have a couple of questions on electrical parts that I'm gathering: 1.) I looked up the Kilovac contactors, and they appear to be rated up to 200 amps...
Chris Ewert
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Jan 2, 2007 10:44 pm
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i Ron and Chris, I made an Excel spreadsheet with all the parts for the previous version of the board. I haven't looked at the new schematic yet to see how...
Pohorsky@...
Jan 2, 2007 11:59 pm
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Walt Ferris: over half of the parts are changed. My understanding is that the new board hasn't been laid out yet, Ron didn't have even time to finish the...
Walt Ferris
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Jan 3, 2007 12:17 am
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... There are not that many choices for contactors, and I think the 1200V rating must be insulation, not the voltage that can be broken. If you can find...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 3, 2007 7:22 pm
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Walt Ferris
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Jan 3, 2007 8:52 pm
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Also, to facilitate setting the thermistor limits, how about putting some 1 mA LEDs in the 10K pull-up resistors for U7A,B,C? The pots could face upwards and...
Walt Ferris
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Jan 3, 2007 11:21 pm
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Darren Suprina wrote: Greetings I was the one who arranged with DigiKey for a single part number for the collection of parts which was version 1 of the PHEV...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 5, 2007 1:11 am
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... <snip> ... It's used by the TriMetric Amp-hr meter to measure current pulled from the PHEV battery pack. This is an important function that CAN-View V3 is...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 5, 2007 1:12 am
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... J9 is already designed to supply signals to an LED header that can be plugged directly into the board or, via a ribbon cable, within view of the driver....
Ron Gremban
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Jan 5, 2007 1:19 am
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... Is the TriMetric meter used only for collecting data for display, or is that information also used to feed back information to the system somewhere? If...
Chris Ewert
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Jan 5, 2007 5:39 pm
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Chris, I hope this helps on the contactor rating. According to UL and CSA testing procedures, a disconnecting device must make and break the anticipated...
Charles Thompson
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Jan 5, 2007 5:47 pm
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... The Amp-hr data is only for display, but I don't recommend running without it, as it provides the only indication of PHEV battery state-ot-charge. ... Its...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 5, 2007 7:08 pm
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That's pretty interesting... ...on a related note I'm not sure if I've announced this yet or not but I've been working on a "Google Custom Search Engine"...
Ryan Fulcher
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Jan 7, 2007 9:29 pm
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I went on vacation for a few days last week with my PRIUS+. I visited my parents in Reno, where it got well below freezing. I discovered that the Prius' OEM...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 8, 2007 10:05 am
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... significantly reduced below room temperatures... Thanks I added your info to the Prius Tech Info page: ...
Davide Andrea
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Jan 8, 2007 3:23 pm
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We've certainly seen this phenomenon when we drive around Vermont at -20 F. But I don't think you want to be heating the OEM NiMH batteries, during charging or...
Gregory D. Wight
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Jan 8, 2007 6:04 pm
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And how about that? One that doesn't look so ridiculously stupid that no one would want to be seen in it... Danny Morris Texas Instruments Business...
Morris, Danny (DMAT S...
eaa-phev@...
Jan 8, 2007 7:15 pm
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GM is making waves with a new plug in hybrid called the Volt at the current Detroit Auto Show. It appeared on the front page of the Detroit Free Press, above...
Roger G Gilbertson
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Jan 8, 2007 7:22 pm
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Here's a story with more tech info and nice pix. <http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/> "In...
Roger G Gilbertson
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Jan 8, 2007 7:44 pm
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... A detailed article is at: <http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/> or ...
Steve Gruenwald
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Jan 8, 2007 8:27 pm
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I didn't send out info to this list because I figured most people are getting info at CalCars-News; if not, see the archive ...
Felix Kramer
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Jan 8, 2007 8:30 pm
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... What happens if the PHEV pack is cold (say its been sitting in a parking lot for several hours?) Would a cold PHEV pack be able to compensate for the...
Chris Ewert
chris@...
Jan 8, 2007 11:17 pm
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I just completed a very boring test: driving a PHEV-15 Prius exclusively in EV mode (read: driving like Grampa) for a couple of hours, around residential...
Davide Andrea
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Jan 8, 2007 11:38 pm
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... Great! Actually, this is consistent with my data: almost exactly 1 Amp-hr/mile from the battery (I had a higher voltage pack and at least 3 stops/mile,...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 9, 2007 2:04 am
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Davide Andrea wrote: Ron ... significantly reduced below room temperatures... Thanks I added your info to the Prius Tech Info page: ...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 9, 2007 3:23 am
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Hi Felix, I just finished reading your great '16 Points about GM's Long-Awaited Breakthrough PHEVs', and have watched with interest your whole battle for ...
tech@jindi
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Jan 9, 2007 3:28 am
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Jan 9, 2007 10:15 am
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Ed Busby
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Jan 9, 2007 10:50 am
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Davide Andrea has been incredibly generous in posting reverse engineering data on the Ford Escape hybrid (FEH) at ...
Ron Gremban
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Jan 12, 2007 11:17 am
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... I did post all the info I came-up with on the 3 CAN messages from the battery (the only ones that matter for a PHEV conversion). ...