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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...
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May 1, 2006
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Thank you for your views: The group members have decided to keep the ranger-ev group for production Ford Ranger EV discussions. A new group:...
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May 1, 2006
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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...
Ben White
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May 13, 2006
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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...
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May 13, 2006
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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...
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May 15, 2006
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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 ...
D. Bouton Baldridge
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May 15, 2006
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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...
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May 15, 2006
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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 ...
Ed Thorpe
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May 15, 2006
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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...
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May 15, 2006
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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,...
Bill
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May 16, 2006
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What about a "cheater" type plug like the big RV's use only smaller of course? Mark ...
mark witt
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May 16, 2006
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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...
Dana Olson
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May 17, 2006
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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, ...
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May 17, 2006
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Anyone know where a lead acid good BCM is? Thanks Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 17, 2006
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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...
Bill
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May 17, 2006
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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...
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May 17, 2006
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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...
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May 17, 2006
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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...
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May 17, 2006
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Does anyone have schematics of any of the control systems? I don't plan to have anything for some time, but it's a good starting place to see what...
Dan
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May 17, 2006
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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...
Dana Olson
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May 17, 2006
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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...
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May 17, 2006
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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...
Bill
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May 17, 2006
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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. ...
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May 17, 2006
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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...
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May 25, 2006
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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...
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May 27, 2006
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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,...
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May 27, 2006
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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...
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May 27, 2006
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Hi Leonard, Its actually a bit more complicated. There are a total of 78 resistors, since each battery needs a proper resistor array. These are all...
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May 27, 2006
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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...
Bill
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May 27, 2006
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Hi all! Here is the wiring diagram: http://bradjensen.info/files/2001%20Ranger%20EV%20Wiring%20Diagram.pdf -- Brad _____ From: ranger-ev@yahoogroups.com...
Brad Jensen
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