Can you see if it has brushes in the motor? On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 8:08 AM Dale Curren <dlcur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know nothing about it, but would love to see a bunch of pictures of it > as it progresses along. > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:21 AM zvwbus via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >> This is my first post to this list/forum, so please bear with me. I am a >> collector of old VWs, and I had long known that VW had developed EVs in >> the >> '70s, and I always wanted one. A friend of mine came up with one a few >> years back, and I bought it from him. It is a 1979 VW bus which was >> originally owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. They bought and >> tested >> ten of these vehicles in 1979. (NASA tested one in '77). I know many >> things about VW buses, and I am fairly mechanically inclined, but I know >> next to nothing about this drive system. The bus has been off the road >> for >> 20+ years and I am trying to get it going with as much of the original >> drivetrain as possible. I hope that someone has some knowledge of this >> system and how it works. >> >> The sparse technical literature that I have shows that the Motor is: >> Siemens >> 1 GV 1161-Z and the controller is a Siemens 6 RB 1000-1BA >> >> The literature says that it has regenerative braking. >> >> The transmission is set in 2nd gear permanently. I turned the axles, and >> the motor turns. >> >> It is designed to run on 144 volts, but it is supposed to work from >> 110v-170v. I strung 11 12v auto batteries together and got 137v The >> volts >> make it to the connection at the controller, and I turned the ignition >> switch on and press the accelerator and nothing happens. This is where my >> expertise runs out. >> >> I can run a multi-meter, and I know how electricity works in general, as I >> can and have made every part of the electrical system work on any number >> of >> old 6v Volkswagens. >> >> The questions I have are: >> >> 1) Does anyone here have working knowledge of an ancient Siemens >> controller? >> >> 2) How does the regenerative braking work? >> >> 3) the literature says that it is a shunt wound DC motor. Can I test the >> motor by supplying voltage directly to it? If so, how much voltage >> should I >> use to test it? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > > -- > Sent via Linux > -- Sent via Linux -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190524/069eb418/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
