The stock TeVan is pretty weak on performance. What have people done to improve it if anything. What about changing out the IGBTs for some higher power ones?...
Everything on the TEVan is proprietary, and probably hard to modify. If you have no desire to keep it stock, the simplest solution is probably to put in a...
Good Question, Steve. I have been working on this one for over 3 years now and expect to have some good news in the next 3 to 6 months. For my particular...
This is potentailly very good news. I will pass it on to Dave and Charles. When Charles and I spoke on Wednesday, he agreed "4 of my 6 EVs are just ...
Charging question. Can anyone give me a specific overview on how the TEVan's charger changes from 120 to Single-Phase to 3-phase? Are we to be using the same...
Steve, The charging rate is determined by 2 of the pins at the 7-pin connector on the fender. (Pyle Neptune Star line) Yes, I believe they are owned by ...
Ah-ha, Thanks Jim, that is good information. I found the diagram in the manual. This is my interpretation of it is as follows: External Charging Cables ...
Hi All, Follow-up to my email of last night. I looked at my cables and they are marked "1 phase - 40amp". That puts a wrench in my earlier theory, as the...
Steve, Simply remove the jumper in the Amphenol plug from pin #5. If pin #5 is grounded, (connected to pin #7), the charge rate will be 40A. If pin #5 is open,...
Thanks Jim, I get the digest list so I didn't get your first response until they all came through together in the afternoon. Less e-mail, more time. :-) I...
If I remember correctly, the TEVan charger first checks to make sure it has a good ground before it kicks in. It does this by sending a small current through...
This charger information is very interesting. About 6 months ago, my friend Dave bought a TeVan that had been sitting for many years. The voltage on the pack...
Regarding the batteries... I too have one with NiFe batteries that won't take a charge. I cut one apart and found the separators between the plates had...
Dale, Has anyone you know of just replaced the NiFE batteries with some other sealed unit? Seems like a logical thing to do. If I still had my TeVan that's...
Someone retrofitted lead acid into one. Don't know what batteries or size. Charles and I have talked about putting 30 Group 27 6 V batteries in his. That...
No price, and it doesn't say if it is NiCD or NiFE. From what I know now though, if it is NiCD, it could be valuable. If it is NiFE, don't know. With the ...
No price, and it doesn't say if it is NiCD or NiFE. From what I know now though, if it is NiCD, it could be valuable. If it is NiFE, don't know. With the ...
I have finaly installed the 30 ,, good, used,ex wheel chair, group 24 gels.I have no charging cables,I would like to aquire at least one cable to be able to...
IIRC, NONE of the TEVans were set up for AGM's. The profile is in the firmware in the charger. The charging cable only provides the AC power to the charger,...
I wrote software for Horizon lead acid batteries back in 1995 and I believe they did some testing at Chrysler. They never provided a van with lead acids for...
johnson controls bought this tevan with no battery pack to test their AGM battery line. The AGM line was sold off that same year. I have been unsuccessful...
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I only voted 1 time, for 1 non-running TeVan. But, my vote actually represents 3 TeVans. One belongs to Dave R, and the other 2 belong to Charles R. None of...
Hello All, I'm a new TEVan owner. I bought the one off the Austin EV Tradin' post. Please see the photographs. Few questions for everyone: 1. Parts, I'm...
... You can change the extension to .txt, since it's really just a text file. The charging software allows you to see some of the parameters for charging, like...
Ok, Yet another newbie question, thank you all for your patience. Just had the reverse switch repaired on my van and now when I step on the brake with no key...
Nope, you've got a sneak circuit there somewhere. The pump should not come on unless the key is on. Dave ... From: teaandbicycles <disagreeable@...> ...
Dear All, Yesterday I modified a 1994 Nissan Maxima heater/AC blower motor to work as the TEVan battery blower. Blows strong, snug fit. Began charging at...
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