The Bryant st parking garage charger showed no signs of life. I didn't see any power lights or indicator lights on either it or the neighboring large paddle...
The neighboring charger is a small-paddle charger, and that charger has been used successfully as recently as 3/22/08. To check to see if an inductive charger...
It's not a talking charging station, so it's hard to tell what the problem is. Checking. Tom Dowling From: Park, Youngchul [mailto:youngchul.park@...] ...
Hello group members: I was bounced off the group by yahoo for unknown reason(s). Back in the circle now. My 2000 NiMh has lost some range. I usually drain the...
I agree, you hit the button on the head, I contacted them and had a very quick initial response with a generic answer of yes and you can que up and pay a $1000...
If Yahoo gives you trouble, you could always join the EV Charger News Mailman list. <g> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/ranger-ev Right now, there...
Hi Rick You will find the BCM reset instruction in the "2001 Ranger EV Workshop Manual.pdf" file in the section 414-03B on page 70 For the manual there is a...
This adds more reasons to the long list of why my typical range is less than yours: #1: I don't drive it every day, so I frequently head out with an "old full...
Or, you can go directly to http://www.evchargernews.com/miscfiles/ranger-ev/2001%20Ranger%20EV%20 Workshop%20Manual.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/5o4hka Tom...
Just for INFO , I have purchased a NIMH pack and me and 2 other guys have split the pack to repair our packs and I am going to end up with some extra ones if...
Thanks for all the info guys. I really appreciate it. I do have the manual but was not able to find the BCM reset procedure. I'll check the section that...
Michell, I went through the section in the manual and can not see anywhere the BCM RESET procedure. I have used the NGS to go through the procedure as...
Hi rick, the prius uses a lot smaller amp hour NIMH battery , the toyota Rav4-EV uses the exact same battery ........ a 50 mile range on original NIMH...
Thanks Lanny, that's interesting news about the NiMh batteries and unfortunate that there are no new ones available. I wonder if they can be reconditioned or...
Folks, I received a question from a brand new Ranger-EV owner (bought at auction). Perhaps you can help him. He's waiting to be activated in this group, but...
Hello, I would like to ask for some advice, I have a 2000 NiMH which consistently gets 60 to 70 mile range. A few weeks ago I made three consecutively longer...
Ed was kind enough to meet up with me to do another NGS test. This time as the pack was near empty instead of full. I am getting under 40 miles actual range...
By the way, the truck only has 8000 on the ODO. I don't know what it went through in the first 5K miles. For all I know it might have sat off charger for...
It is part of the serial number Go in the files section of this news group I've loaded the file VIN2000.pdf You will find that the 8th position is either 1 or...
Some (but not all) had logos like this: When you look at the battery box under the truck you should see a sticker like this (if NiMH): ... [Non-text portions...
Hi Rick Look for RESET HISTORICAL DATA or MODULE REPLACEMENT in the manual "2001 Ranger EV Workshop Manual.pdf" For the Lead Acid it is on page 414-03A-90 and...
... 1st 75 miles the 2nd 84.5 miles and the 3rd 101.2 miles. Wow!!!! Do you have more detail like cruising speed? Acceleration, breaking habit. D or E mode. ...
... For my part I would prefer a pack that does 100 miles * 800 charges = 80000 miles then what I have now 70 miles * 1100 charges = 77000 miles And this is...
You may have a problem with the charger. What is the SOC on the batteries after a full charge? ... From: Tom Griner <TEG@...> Ed was kind enough to meet...
The SOCs were close to 100% after a full charge. (After Ed used the NGS to reset the computer so it would charge all the way up) at full, BAT_MV=13.73V...
One option on the Ranger is to turn it into a "Dumb" truck. The inverter is made by siemens, and from its connections, it looks like it would be possible to...
My DS200 stopped working a few months ago. I traced it to the internal connectors for the charge cable to the truck. I don't think those little plugs are...
OK, the end to this story is: It all just mysteriously started working again. All three chargers work fine, truck charges and works fine. Must have been the...
Hi, My Ranger EV needs air conditioning service. Does this vehicle have a standard automotive air conditioning system? Should any auto shop be able to...