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There's a market for crashed 40 kWh Leafs though - their battery fits right inside a 2012 Leaf, and can be tricked to work nicely thanks to the guys in NZ and Quebec.

If anything it would be better - warm climates make for lower impedance cells.

Hi Lachlan, that's a beautiful specimen there. I used to drive a 1974 Toyota Crown. Awesome rig. No difficulty finding a motor capable of those specs, and retaining the 4-speed box is more convenient anyway, despite the fact you won't be changing gears all that much. Regen is always good - the extra...

I'd be reluctant to intentionally deform the surface of the cells. Is there not a flat tape version of the same stuff?

Bump! Just a reminder that this campaign is still running and in need of some donors :) https://chuffed.org/project/evhwy We are very close to ordering our first charger and if things pan out right, we could be seeing the first charger installed in Hyden! Hyden is 330 km from Perth, and 380 km from ...

Well only 5 pages in and I can finally say I'm starting work on Roger Groom's car. Sadly, Roger passed away last September, but his wife Pauline is still driving it and is keen to upgrade to the new high energy density cells. Car is delivered on Saturday and I've set myself a month to get it repacke...

Try Michael Polljonker - 0418899907

Or some scallywag filled the inside of the case with butane and dropped a match?

On the plus side I have a nice picture of what happens to a standard blade fuse with a 140vdc short across it. Um, what was a blade fuse doing in a 140 VDC circuit? [ Edit: they're normally rated at 30 VDC. ] If it's in the coulometer, I don't want to be associated with it ;) I'm guessing an uninte...

Very nice! The radiant heat is substantial. Now that the Prelude has a sheet of 6 mm plate aluminium for a base, and a thin layer of FR4 between it and the base of the cells, the temperature can climb rapidly. We need to paint the base with that bituminous tar to act as a bit of a barrier. However t...

I used that exact stuff on the converted Prelude to dampen the racket of the A/C compressor. Makes a big difference.
Glad you're enjoying the Kona I grew up in Warwick, so the only time we took the Toowoomba range road was when the Gap was closed.

Well, what's the quarter mile time?

Nice one!
Where abouts? And what did the red paint add?
We're in discussions with Eagers/AHG about extending the WA AEVA discount of $3000 to other states. Only applies to white though.
Chris

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/detail ... D-18094680

Looks like an ex demo car is up for sale here in Perth. Shame I have already paid a deposit on a white one at $50k.

Joseph - any idea what these error codes are? I don't see a lot of value in listing them without context...

OK so a bit of a nuisance problem with the drive contactor. Sticking is bad enough, but it seems to be causing grief now. Francess said she took off up a slight hill and felt the drive drop out. She turned it all off, and the auxiliary circuit supplying the green LED was open. Well that's one way to...

dRdoS7 wrote: ↑

Wed, 22 Jan 2020, 06:39

And what happens if you don't wait for the H2 to dissipate before trying a "live" cell swap.

Is that illustrating the aftermath of a Hindenberg incident?!

Nice! Looking forward to hearing how it goes in some new hands... hopefully not from a news bulletin

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/superpo ... 9709231727

Professor Garnaut's talk might as well be called "I bloody told you so!"

I'll be there.

memecode wrote: ↑

Tue, 21 Jan 2020, 13:43

Are there any NSW EV conversion places still working in 2020?

Or are they all gone...

Geoff O'Toole in Mulgrave (GT Tooling)
And I think the EV Ecosystem around Warner's Bay is still active. Brett Sutherland, Jon Eggenhuzen et al.

You use an iPhone - it was clear from the start

The current circuit looks like this: HV distribution rev 1.png The drive contactor is activated by the controller through a 12 V supply coming from the Greatland. The drive contactor precharge relay is activated by the key START circuit. The master contactor precharge relay is driven by a switched s...

This is how you'd do it. Summary: http://revproject.com/traffic/summary.pdf Full report: http://revproject.com/traffic/report.pdf TL; DR Putting a minimum of 50 kW charger in every town greater than 250 people with more powerful ones on popular routes - $19 Million. Putting a minimum of 150 kW charg...

One down 7 to go?

Seems as good a spot as any to bring this up, but the brand new GV240 contactor in the Prelude is sticking from time to time. Seems to be a bit variable though. Sometimes it sticks and other times it doesn't. The rear pack contactor is stuck and won't get off, presumably because the A/C capacitance ...