Eric Penne wrote: >I just joined the list.
Welcome to the list Eric, you have found the best source of EV info available. >Any clubs in the Sacramento, Ca area that I can hang out with? Sacramento EAA website here: http://saccityweb.com/seva/ Also, NEDRA competition in Sacramento on 11/02/02 at Sacramento Raceway. The races are always a good place to meet EVers and learn about EVs. >Are these books still up to date on the latest >technology? Any help would be appreciated. These books cover the basics quite well, flooded batteries, Curtis controllers, and series wound DC motors. Books available here: http://store.evparts.com/shopping/index.php?id=563 Also, you mentioned Mike and Shari's articles in Homepower, these articles go back many years and are a valuable source of info. To get a good idea of what components are used in conversions, and what kind of range and performance you can expect, take a look at the hundreds of converted vehicles in the EV Photo Album: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/ The best on-road DC motor controllers you can get: (shameless plug for Damon and Otmar :) http://www.dcpowersystems.com/ http://www.cafeelectric.com/ Siemens AC drives available here: http://www.metricmind.com Also, you can save a ton of work buying an already converted vehicle: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/geobook.html http://www.eaasv.org/ http://www.tidepool.com/~ecar/list.html Last but not least, I am sold on what Sheer has done with AC drive and Evercel batteries: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/338.html http://www.brassrat.net/ev Sheer, correct me if I am wrong here, but I believe that the range of this vehicle has been measured at 115 miles, at freeway speeds, before _any_ drop in available power occurs. (stay tuned to the EV list to see the progress of an upcoming conversion of a Honda Insight to pure EV using this technology) Hope this helps! Roy LeMeur Seattle WA My Electric Vehicle Pages: http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/renewables/evpage.html Informational Electric Vehicle Links: http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/renewables/evlinks.html _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
