I woke up this morning (with wife:-) and had this funny realization a hood ornament that could put out 60 watts could really extend the range of an EV especially one with old batteries hears how ( Tilley "Littlefield scan those pic now")
By having it hooked to the weakest battery ( with lee's battery smother or my 20 position switch) As most of us know you can only take out as much amphours as the weakest battery can put out. look at this math 20 batteries best puts out 90amohours worst puts out 60 amphours (bad boy charger did this ) 2 hour drive = wind ornament puts out 10amps x 2 =20 amphours car can now safely be driven to 80 amphours 20% range gain (i gave a little for added wind resistance) I can honestly say (testing can be done) this thing is working ! I find it quit funny after all these years of telling Gen on a wheel people that they are nuts I am now starting to see how it might . I may get nailed from that "gen on wheel" guy who had me sighn the paper (lets see if that Littlefield car doesn't pop up now :-) It would not be hard to demonstrate it and show all to all . How come you didn't think of this Lee? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter VanDerWal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 3:22 PM Subject: Re: amazing! Tilley Electric Vehicle TEV) tests > Typical BS and lies. Their reports don't match independant reports. > > They claim 144.8V at the end of testing while others report 139V. > 144.8V would indicate that the batteries still retain most of their > charge. 139V indicate that the batteries were seriously OVER > discharged, Note this is 139V WITH NO LOAD and presumably taken at least > a minute or two after the load was removed, I'd bet they reversed a > couple cells. > > Claiming the vehicle has a max range of 10 miles without their device is > pure BS. They state they are using ordinary car batteries. Pound for > pound car batteries store more energy than deep cycle batteries and can > typically handle higher currents; their only down side is they don't > last well in deep cycle applications. His car has 12 batteries, compare > this to my truck which has 15 batteries. That means he has roughly 20% > less energy than my truck has. My truck is quite capable of going 25 to > 30 miles at speeds of 60-65 mph under these circumstances so I would > expect his SIGNIFICATLY more aerodynamic vehicle of being capable of at > least a similar distance, even with the lower capacity. > > The power and performance of the vehicle is entirely due to the motor > controller selected and has nothing to do with his little black box that > is apparently empty. > > All in all the vehicle only drove perhaps 2/3 the distance is should > have been capable of, running just off the batteries. > > All this event proves is that Tilley can't even build an ordinary EV > with a decent range. Most of the people on this list could have given a > better performance. > > Richard wrote: > > > Fellow listers, > > > > Did anyone on the list attend the DeLorean EV test that has made the > > news lately? > > > > Check out this site: > > > > http://www.tilleyfoundation.com/validation.htm > > > > Please comment. > > > > Richard > > > > > > > >
