Hello Dana It was a while back I did post that the East Penn was a 60 Ah @ C3 the weight was as I remember is 46 pounds. Your right about not seeing any other...
Well, after experiencing an increasing number of "wrench lights" and diminishing driving range, I took my Ranger EV to my local Ford dealer yesterday, and they...
Hi, The battery pack in my truck was dead as well. I guess is lasted fairly long, since the truck is a 98, with the original pack. I am just finishing up...
There is hope for people with dead rangers. I just completed installing 26 90Ah batteries in my ranger. I have put about 60 miles on the pack so far, and...
Good news Chris, we are delighted to hear that things are going good for you. Looking forward to getting the specifics. Bouty Baldridge Wilmington, NC28403 ...
Hi, I'm a new member of this group. I'm buying a Ranger EV from Blue Sky Motors. It should be here this week if everything goes well. I'm eagerly awaiting...
Kev, The built-in charger in the Ranger EV accepts only 208-240v ac input. It requires an AVCON compatible charging station (which is simply a safety plug, no ...
Technically you could could charge on 110 if you were really ambitious. If you found to 110 volt circuits at work that were wirer to opposite legs of the 220...
I am new to my 2000 Ranger EV. Anyone have experiance or advise on timed charging using the DS- 50 "charge disable function" instead of a 220V timer? Thanks,...
Hi Bill, I've never heard of the DS-50 charge disable function. What would this do, and why would you want to use a 220V timer? I have a lead acid battery in...
Hello Chris Have you been able to run a few cycles? Is it charging no problems? Don In a message dated 5/15/2006 11:17:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ...
Dana, Thanks for the response, I want to charge at night and do not want to use a 220 volt timer to totally cut power to the station. The charge disable...
Hi Don, In the past 3 days I have put 300 miles on the truck, and all is well so far. Today was the most ambitious, actually driving a far distance from my...
I don't know about the rest of you but I think this is exciting news. It looks like chris has taken the lead and figured out how to keep these Rangers on the...
Hello Chris This is good news. I have not heard back from anyone yet that using 12 volt batteries do not work. I am concerned about balancing the pack with the...
Bill, Oh I get it now, very cool. So if you have cheaper electricity rates at night it allows you to wait until the rates are low. I imagine it would be easy...
Hi Don, I dont think there is much worry about the batteries being out of balance. The way they are wired, the computer does see a voltage signal from every...
Dana, Yes, just not how to wire it or even that it is intended for this purpose. I have found over the years, if you use logic and just wire something like...
You could also see if someone has one of the SCI chargers, and wants to switch with you. The SCI is programmable so you can have it charge at off peak rates. ...
Hi Everyone, Things are going well on the 12V batteries. The pack now has 700 miles on it, and should bbe settled in fairly well. Today I drove a total of 65...
Chris, To change from 8 volt to 12 volt batteries, how does the on-board battery charger "know" it's dealing with a different max voltage battery? (and fewer...
Hi Leonard, I used a resistor network to feed the appropriate signals to the battery management system. This has to be done carefully with proper resistors,...
So I'm guessing you've used 15 resistors to take the place of the missing batteries, and to supply the BMS with something at the end of each line when it reads...
Daniel, I have a Ford 2001 Ranger EV Wiring Diagram manual that has all the schematics in .pdf form. I tried to attach and send to you but file is too big. I...
Hi all! Here is the wiring diagram: http://bradjensen.info/files/2001%20Ranger%20EV%20Wiring%20Diagram.pdf -- Brad _____ From: ranger-ev@yahoogroups.com...
