How Much Regen Braking Do You Get? I have been watching my KWH meter on my Solectria. During in-town driving where one frequently needs to stop for traffic,...
10% has been what I have been getting as well. -Will Will Beckett Beckett PC Solutions 4189 Baker Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306-3908 (650) 494-6922 phone & fax ...
I have posted before on this... but I'll go fishing again. I replaced the computer connectors to my AMC 300 (1992 force), but still I get no action at all...
My 2000 Force has a dead AH display, again. I think this problem is within the AH interface box supply cable. This foot long cable, with a 6 position Molex...
I need to make a note on what this resistor is. I believe it is 1K but you can call Kevin at Solectria to find out for sure. Most importantly, fix the ...
How usefull is Battery Equalization with Gel Cell betteries? I have a 1992 Solectrial Force with twelve MK Battery (East Penn) Gel batteries. I have seen...
I put PowerCheqs in two Forces and feel that they have helped extend the life of my batteries. -Will Will Beckett Beckett PC Solutions 4189 Baker Ave. Palo...
Hi Will and all, My understanding is that the charger used by Solectria is so well programmed that the batteries maintain a very stable balance in the pack. ...
The charger does do a good job for the first part of the battery life but as the batteries get older it is possible to see problems with some of them. Also...
To Will Beckett: What kind of batteries are you using? Flooded? Gel? What brand? I am using twelve of the MK Battery 8G27 Gel. (12 volts @ 80 AH). I have...
I have a 1999 Force with 13 Gel-Tech sealed group 27 batteries. I still have the Solectria (Brusa) 3.3 KW charger. Each of my batteries has one wire with a...
Sorry, I meant to add one more thing, when you check your batteries, do it under a load. Turn everything on especially the heater. -Will Will Beckett Beckett...
Battery equalization is important for any string of batteries since weaker cells can, over time, become so low compared to other cells in the string that a...
Oh my! It happened to me. I was on the way to a concert, my daughter was singing, only about 2 miles from my home and the car power went completely dead. I...
Stop singing in it ;) Mike ... daughter was ... completely ... pulled out on ... again. It ... walked to ... there ... working, ... checked ... battery ... ...
Will, I am a newby only owned my force since march. Maybe this is silly but when I put new batteries in,even though I was sure to tighten each terminal about...
Not silly at all. This is very likely. I will be checking that next. I also have a very old battery pack and it is very possible that one of the batteries...
I might check my little Red Service Disconnect Anderson Connector. I had one that apparently started to pull apart and it melted causing all sorts of other...
Great suggestions from many of you and all on the right track. The puddle of lead was the indicator of the source of this problem. Apparently I did not...
I just noticed I did not include the picture in my last message. See attached. I had two replacement batteries since my problem with the failed battery ...
OK, I will post it to the EAASV.ORG web site. http://becketts.ws/eaa/evinfo.htm -Will Will Beckett Beckett PC Solutions 4189 Baker Ave. Palo Alto, CA...
ZAP! has a NiCad or NiMH Force that a school ran in the Tour-de-Sol. I am just wondering what condition the batteries might be in if the car was just in...
Dang! That's some puddle you got there, Will. I'm glad it wasn't worse. -Tom ... -- Thomas Hudson http://portdistrict5.org -- 5th District Aldermanic Website...
The foam on the top cover burned. It easily could have been worse. -Will Will Beckett Beckett PC Solutions 4189 Baker Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306-3908 (650)...
If it's NiCDs, there would be no problem with it sitting -- You could just do a maintenance charge or discharge the batteries and do a recommissioning charge,...
I just found out that they are willing to sell this as-is for $12K. I understand it is in great shape. It is a 1995 Force. -Will Will Beckett Beckett PC...
All the batteries measure zero volts at the moment. Do you expect it is possible they could come back after a few charging cycles? Looks like my friend, Paul...
Mr. Beckett: What happened with those dead NiMH batteries? Were you able to bring them back to life? How is Mr. Schafer doing with the car? Is he on the...
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