Well, partially, at least. The resistor was the problem, Lee. That last stripe on all of them was X1K, not X100. So I had 50K added to the coil intead of 5k. I attached a 10K pot in place of the resistor, precharged, then adjusted the pot down until the relay and second contactor pulled in. Then I DROVE into the garage under power (insert extreme EV grin here)!
I even got some replacement cables made, got the charger roughly tuned in and a few other things. One serious note: The replacement cables were needed because while installing the circuit breaker a while back, the front pack cables contacted for a brief moment, and had a small "event." Burnt right through the lug on one of them, and scattered copper all over the other. Kind of ironic that it happened while installing an emergency shutoff device. Hope this can serve as a warning to someone. My kids make fun of the gloves I wear to work on batteries, but it doesn't discourage me from wearing them in the least, especially when things like that happen. Anyway, thanks to everyone for the continued encouragement. I look forward to being fully back on the road soon. I noted a lot of things during this rebuild that other solar electric owners may like to know. When I'm done, I'll put the list up on a website. I'll also try to get updated pictures for the EV album (gotta clean it first). David Brandt _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
