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Car is now sold - thanks

This car is now listed on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0677766843

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Jamie, The clutch is still used. There is not much room left in the boot as I put some of the batteries there to allow me to keep the rear seat. Comes with chargers installed (6 x 12V). I have been having real problems with posting stuff on this forum. Please let me know your email either on this fo...

Mazda121electric_Photo_v3.pdf

I have had real difficulty posting attachments. Here is a photo. If you are interested in the NCOP14 response, please email me at:

gheins@gmail.com

or call on 0401712239

Thanks

greg

The time has come to move on from my electric 121. This has been a reliable car and my daily transport to work for the last couple of years. My work is moving and the new location will require freeway travel. The car was designed for a top speed of 75-80 km/hr. I converted the car from 2009 to 2010 ...

Thanks for the info Peter.

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Greg

Peter, Just found this while looking at heating options. Heating has been a low priority in Darwin but we are moving to Melbourne and I am scared of the cold. I am interested in your seat heaters. I just looked on ebay and there are heaps to choose from, however none of them seem to have a power rat...

James,

Just curious about the sensorless comment.

Are you guys, or anyone else you know, using sensorless control for traction applications?

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AC motor I thought I posted pretty irrefutable evidence re licensed sparky requirement on this thread a while ago (at least for WA). I never really understood why you thought it did not hold. from: http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/energysafety/Content/Licensing/Electrical_contractors_and_workers/Licensing...

Just catching up after being a away from for a while. Can't say that I agree with AC-Motor that "spark plugs" end the story. I would have thought that changing a spark plug was analogous to changing a light bulb. In both instances the supply comes from a female connector and in both cases an electri...

IMHO, From a technical point of view, the requirement suggested to you above does not apply to motor vehicles. I think that at least for the NT version it is pretty clear that it applies to motor vehicles. A person shall not supervise or perform electrical work unless - (d) he is engaged in electri...

Today it was brought to my attention that in the NT, electrical work can only be performed up to 115VDC without an electrical licence (even if that is in a vehicle). http://www.electricallicensing.nt.gov.au/justice/electricallicensing/publications/doc/general/pub001.pdf I notice that in WA a similar...

Canberra has the lowest population of a mainland capital city?

Or does Darwin not count because we are only a Territory?

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Glen,

I would not think that the problem comes from the motor. We are running a Mars brushless using a custom controller with no shuddering problems.

We did have shuddering problems when we got the hall effect wires connected the wrong way but I assume that is not your problem.

Cheers

Greg

Mal,

Thanks for the suggestion. I read your thread when you got them and saw that AMPrentice was looking into some larger batteries for a low voltage conversion. Being a bit lazy, I sent him a PM to let me know what he found out - any news yet AMP?

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Greg

I converting a mazda 121 bubble car using an advance forklift sepex motor running on a nominal 72V bus. I am hoping for about a 30km range. I calculate that I will need about 150Ahr batteries for a reasonable life (75% discharge at the 1hr rate). I am not ready to make the lithium leap so am plannin...

Sparky,

Your googling skills are better than mine (or you have more patience). Can you post a link to what you found.

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Greg

acmotor,

Let us know what pricing they provide - looks like a nice solution.

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Greg

Goombi, Thanks for you info. I emailed mazda and they have no information on the GVM of the bubble. I have been doing as you suggested and have had a look at the GVM of similar cars. A GVM of 450kg above the curb weight seems pretty standard (I see that your barina has 440kg). I will see how I go wi...

My first impressions of this list for review is the lack of focus on electrical issues. It seems to have most of the mechanical bases covered, however point (4) is really the only one that deals with electrical issues. This was also my impression on seeing NCOP14 for the first time. Modifying cars m...

Been having some more thought about the double insulation discussion above. This is getting a bit off topic (maybe it is time that we had a forum section dedicated to safety and regulations?) It is probably helpful to distinguish between 1. insulation that is required to ensure no shorts (ie when at...

From redbook, I get a curb weight (unloaded weight) for my 1994 vehicle of 828kg. My problem is finding the GVM or the max fully loaded weight.

Glad that 5-4 may not be such a hassle. Tim, You did understand me correctly, I was possibly considering 5-3 depending on how many batteries I want to fit in. Sounds like I may be limited to however many batteries I can fit in with a 4 seater. Does anyone happen to know the GVM for a mazda 121 bubbl...

Tim,

Thanks for the reply.

The messy bit that you pointed out was my concern. More likely, I would like to go to 4 seater (i.e. no one in the middle back seat) but I am not sure how I can ensure no one would sit there (without making it look very ugly).

My understanding is that the simplest way to ensure compliance to regulation with respect to weight, is to ensure that the final vehicle mass (including people) is below the GVM (gross vehicle mass) of the vehicle. From NCOP14, each person must be counted as 81.6kg (section 2.8), so the weight of th...