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Hey all, My van clutch started slipping, I'm headed to the transmission shop tomorrow. www.terrystransmissions.com I know that there are questions out there...
teaandbicycles
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Apr 2, 2009
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Alex, I will be most interested in any info you glean from your shop guys. I think I'm looking at needing some gear replacement or at least some kind of...
Walt Jorgensen
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Apr 2, 2009
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Walt, I've sent this diagram to others, including Steve Hawkins who posted it on his web site. Steve has gathered an impressive list of information about the...
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Apr 2, 2009
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I went and got new fuses to replace the one that blew.  Both of those two back fuses on mine are wire in parrallel.  They are both 20 amp fuses.  Does...
jleverington
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Apr 3, 2009
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Hey Jared, I haven't looked at the schematic for you but I believe that I've stumbled upon something that has cropped up before in electric vehicle research....
alexander hill
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Apr 3, 2009
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Walt, Rod, and the gang . Further on Walt's diagram questions, and thanks Rod for the comment . I think we have everything "known" as far as controller...
Steve Hawkins
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Apr 3, 2009
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Well, I went and checked the connections of each of the plugs in the MCU hoping for just a bad connection. I got through them all except for the very furthest...
jleverington
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Apr 5, 2009
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Hello All, As I was charging my TEVan this past Saturday I started to wonder why it "whines" like a stuck pig when it is charging? I know there has been some...
Steve Hawkins
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Apr 5, 2009
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My Fiero hums also when charging.  It is because of the transformer style charging.  But the TEVan does hum a lot more than my Fiero.  But I don't know of...
jleverington
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Apr 5, 2009
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Steve, This charger was designed in the early 90's.  At that time IGBT technology was not nearly as good as it is today.  One of the major problems was high...
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Apr 5, 2009
5:37 pm
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I was just thinking about this charger problem.  What is a good charging profile for NiFe batteries?  What should the top voltage be while on the charger? ...
jleverington
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Apr 5, 2009
7:50 pm
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Attached is the info on the charge profile for the Ni Iron batts   Guess you need a good fully programmable charger to do this though.       Steve   ... ...
Steve Powers
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Apr 5, 2009
10:52 pm
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Dear all, News from Terry's transmissions in Ashford Connecticut. http://www.terrystransmissions.com/ Check out the link at the bottom of the Gear Vendors page...
alexander hill
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Apr 6, 2009
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Really cool news for me guys: http://www.courant.com/business/hc-electric-car-northeast-utilities-0407,0,3739356.story...
alexander hill
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Apr 7, 2009
10:46 pm
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Well I was getting curious about that charger in the TEVan. So I decided to take a close looked at the MCU. I checked out the area all of the plugs are in....
jleverington
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Apr 8, 2009
2:21 am
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If you are talking about the charger control card I have never seen a toasted one! I still have several gen 1 cards in the basement (none of them toasted) and...
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Apr 8, 2009
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Rod,    I contacted the guy who is hosting my site.  He does it for free, so I can't complain too much but it goes down a lot.  As soon as it is up, I will...
jleverington
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Apr 8, 2009
3:02 am
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Well I just threw something together really quick for you guys to look at. I will actually make a whole site, just haven't had time yet. But for now you guys...
jleverington
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Apr 8, 2009
3:25 pm
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Rod,      I brought the toasted card to our EAA meeting and our local resident EE said that it probably isn't salvageable because it is a multi layered...
jleverington
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Apr 12, 2009
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Hi all, Even with burnt runs in cards I have seen GE use by-pass wires to recreate burnt or broken runs. Multi-layered cards could certainly be an issue, but ...
Steve Hawkins
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Apr 12, 2009
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I'll try and contact Bill, it's been awhile and I'll have to dig for his email. I left GE before they redesigned the charger and made it a buck/boost PFC type....
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Apr 13, 2009
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I was trying to bring up pictures of the fried charger card at, http://www.electricformula.com/TEVan/TEVan.html but there was an error in the page loading. I...
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Apr 14, 2009
2:10 pm
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Hey Jared, My charger card also has a brown burn line on it but it still works. I spoke with my friend John Schwenk and he said it would be difficult to repair...
alexander hill
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Apr 15, 2009
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Yeah my hosting service is doing it for free and the IP changes every so often.  I am in the process of changing that IP now so that the site will work again....
jleverington
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Apr 15, 2009
8:58 pm
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I got the IP changed, it should take effect within the hour.  So that link below will work again. Jared 1984 Pontiac Fiero EV 1993 Dodge Caravan EV (TEVan) ...
jleverington
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Apr 15, 2009
9:22 pm
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Jared, Congratulations on your new addition to the family. I have a 12 year old son, 15 and 21 year old daughters. A son will help you keep sanity in a house...
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Apr 15, 2009
11:00 pm
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Jared, Here's the reply from the guy that designed the charger, Rod,          The burned pin on his charger control card is P1-Z8, which is battery ...
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Apr 16, 2009
2:38 pm
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Congratulations Jared! Yeah, put the EV on the back burner for awhile....
alexander hill
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Apr 16, 2009
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Hey all, Do you all think this is correct? From Manville motor: "That is a 5BT1364B245 The brush for this motor is a 36A291746AAP03 @ 29.80 per pair, requires...
alexander hill
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Apr 18, 2009
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Nice shopping for you! i would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electornic products. Now the company is under sales promotion,all the...
james corder
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