CCS2 was a good thing that happened to the EU because it was the result of
an agreement between several car manufacturers, something that
unfortunately didn't happen in the US, maybe due to the CCS1 Vs CHAdeMO
battle. But CCS2 is simply a copy (3 phase version as Phil mentions) of the
CCS1 which is
I support 100% Rush’s comments.
Marco
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> On May 1, 2024, at 7:05 AM, Rush via EV wrote:
>
> David -
>
> Your prejudice against Tesla is so evident and overwhelming. I think that it
> is
> actually very counterproductive to the EV world. It seems to me that you're
> engag
Maybe it's one of the temperature sensors on the plug side or the AC inlet
side, either the sensor itself or the wiring/terminals gone bad or dirty
that interconnects to the EVSE?
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/wheres-the-temperature-sensor.212002/
Pages 11 & 12: You must be having either
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 11:35 AM Jay Summet via EV
wrote:
>
> So I would expect the SAE and other national standards groups to have
> more influence than any single company, as they typically represent a
> broad swath of the industry.
>
The interesting part here is that 'the broad swath of the
The only one that comes to my mind now is the onboard generator from the Ford
F250 hybrid or the F150 Lighting.
These go straight from 300-400Vdc In to either 120/240Vac Out. But are CAN
controlled, so CAN messages would have be hacked and a dealership to sell you
the unit alone.
Sent from m
That is correct, none of the HV wiring outside the battery pack will
energize, before those internal HV contactors pre-charing, closing and
energizing the HV bus first before any HV module can draw or add energy
from the pack.
The magic process starts typically when you plug your J1772 EVSE on a
1
Hey Robert,
I was wondering and tempted to email you to ask what was your progress on
that. Keep us posted, want to know how you'll solve charging the HV battery
from your PV.
With regards an 'easy' way to access to the HV battery terminals. I believe
it won't find that. You either will have to p
A few questions Lawrence;
Is the charger you'll use programmable to a desired cut off voltage?
If so, What is the Max operational voltage for your controller? Maybe you
can make your array with as many cells in series as closest to max
controller operational voltage when cells at max. be top of c
Hey Lee, Rob,
Ahh if the hack is something you can do safely, then let's do it. But
want to mention some other things to consider:
- Lee, yes, using that half portion of a 12-120Vac inverter is a great
idea, I've done that before and is especially efficient (high frequency V
step-up electron
Hey Rob..
Hopefully you recover quickly and ready for that EV project.
With regards using the 240W solar to charge the HV battery; that may not be
that easy if you want to do that Straight DC to DC:
- First you will need to have an efficient DC-DC step-up converter from
20-40Vdc into somethi
Peter, sometimes those units have one PCB board that’s the one that makes the
vehicle handshaking with and it interfaces with another PCB which is usually
the ‘unlocking’ one after a payment/identification process.
Can you send me (offline) a few high-res pictures of one open showing the
cabli
On my opinion John,
If you were able to properly isolate that fault to ground right to
your DC-DC converters, you should fix that (independently how critical
those DCDC are for your Zilla or anything else). On a HV system, safety is
the most important thing to be taken into consideration over
Are you sure it is an internal cell failure and not just a loose or dirty
connection within the bussbar? The heat on that image looks only on one area
from the whole cell. Keep in mind that those ‘prismatic’ cells comes on tens or
hundreds of thin rectangular layers with the same shape of the p
Tesla I believe is the only one who comes with the ‘mobile connector’ which is
a L1/L2 up to 32amps max. With a wide variety of 240vac adapters.
https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging-installation/mobile-connector
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> On Aug 28, 2019, at 4:40 AM, paul dove via EV wrote
I did exactly that last year when I was living in Michigan during winter time.
I ran to an autozone, bought a 1000W peak 600w continuous or so 12v inverter
and hooked it up to my 2011 Fusion Hybrid and was able to run the furnace (gas
igniter and blower) to keep us warm during a 4 hr power outa
I believe there may be two main reasons:
a) is that they may be waiting the right moment, that will boost other Tesla
news etc. Probably when launching the truck.
b) may be more of a complex software and business strategy to successfully
deploy it among all existing M3 owners and especially EV
It is not actually that big, last year I was able to presence a Model 3 tear
down, from a very early VIN and I found that the onboard harger was already
hardware enable to perform that.
The electronic design was made to work worldwide, 3 or 2 phase, 120/240vac and
with a very simple architectu
I agree with Michael, Elon is the only billionaire putting his money where
his mouth is. He is been so close several times of loosing his fortune for
what? for doing all us a favor of bringing electrification and not
dependency on oil, to have better and more solar, to have energy storage
systems a
Hey Tom,
You could also take a look at the gear boxes this company ‘Torque Trends’ has
in Arizona.
https://www.torquetrends.com/
I’ve seen and worked with their products before and those boxes are really
though lasting parts.
Maybe they can help you
Marco Gaxiola
> On Jul 5, 2019, at
On my opinion..
No, it is not your controller; your batteries are the problem.
Lead-acid batteries can not provide big ammount of power for long
periods of time (acceleration) due to a big 'Peukert effect' and especially
when they are low on SOC, at a high current request it must be creatin
Because it is a heavily Camouflaged vehicle. And that is the intention, to
persuade all spy/curious photographers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVcaZVxdTss
Altough the image from Teslarati with a truck full of Teslas and that Truck
at the top-end of the trailer doesn{t seem all right. Why heav
Why don’t you use them to build your own home energy storage system at
home? You can build a 48v system (3P-16Series of your CALBs) you would have
180Ah x 3. Couldn’t those cells still have at least 30% capacity left, Maybe
more? But enough to power your home for half a day on basic applian
Hello Steve,
A few questions;
- When you say 'the BMS flickering On-off' what do you mean? Does the
BMS complete turns off, and that shuts your power train off as well?
- What kind of drive train system are you using and what voltage?
By putting capacitors between the your pack +
https://www.electrive.com/2018/05/02/nikola-motor-sues-tesla-over-alleged-design-patent-violation/
Nikola Motor has filed a lawsuit against Tesla claiming the Semi electric
truck to be “substantially” similar to Nikola Motor’s own design of a fuel
cell electric semi truck. In the filing, the infr
You can learn from this guy who designed his own controller some time ago,
now he runs his own brand a some great products:
http://zeva.com.au/Research/ControllerDesign/
But I can tell you from own experience: Designing your own stuff, like a
high power motor controller is not a Cheap thing. You w
Hi Philip,
I talked to Mark from Thunderstruck some months ago about their BMS, it is
a really nice equipment and very accessible on price. But I was unable to
use it since it was on its end of development stage by then. But as
reference, I can 100% recommend their EVCC (Charge controller) which
In a house I have in Hermosillo Mexico, a desert area with extreme hot
weather and dry winters, tipically from 40-45C (113F) in the sumer and
nearly 0C (32F) freezing temps, but always below 50% humidity, makes it
mandatory to have an air conditioning systems. My experience about 2yrs
ago: we used
John,
The manual I have says: 'Operating Power: DC8-30V/2W', so that could be
at the most: 66.7mA
Marco Gaxiola
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:24 PM, John Lussmyer via EV
wrote:
> Anyone know how much 12V power this meter uses?
> (yes, I could measure mine - except that it's dash mounted, and jus
;> accordingly.
>> If this gives an unrealistic solution then active heating (resistive
>> typically on
>> Shore power only) and possibly active cooling (just blowing ambient air
>> through
>> The box, typically, no A/C for batteries please, we don't need a new
low).
> It is pretty unconfortable if cabin is too warm (>+18C).
>
> -Jukka
>
>
> to 6. huhtikuuta 2017 klo 22.42 Marco Gaxiola via EV
> kirjoitti:
>
>> I'm helping a friend to design a conversion battery pack for a very
>> cold area in north europ
I'm helping a friend to design a conversion battery pack for a very
cold area in north europe and was wondering if someone here has used an
electric AC unit as a heat pump, either for heating up and comfort of the
passengers on board, as well; and most important; to keep the battery pack
warm e
Interesting; Seems like it is automatic transmission...
Marco Gaxiola
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
wrote:
> Fred,
> I could not see a link or location, but I think you refer to this one in
> the Miami/Daytona Craigslist, location specified as Edgewater:
> https://day
Hi Michael,
Just as Tom says, the 1238-6501 Curtis controller is designed for 80V
nominal voltage systems. I did the mistake to order this controller for a
32 lithium cells 3.2V x cel, 102.4V nominal and realized too late when I
tryed to run the system on a just fully charged pack. I noticed th
I have a question: Is that possible to have an AC induction motor to work
apparently normal but, after a moderate use, get the rotor coils very hot?
Not the stator neither the controller, just the rotor.
Marco Gaxiola
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keep it like, this DL has been a great resource instrument for knowledge.
Marco Gaxiola
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:57 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
> On 3 Jan 2017 at 21:43, Marco Gaxiola via EV wrote:
>
> > Collin; I think it is ok to advertise as long it is us
Thank you all..
So, from the CAN bus point of view it would be more a 'software' challenge
and like some of you said; every model and even every vehicle version, may
have different propietary protocols, etc.
- We are talking of using a device like the one Collin suggests. Collin; I
think it is ok
I'm in the middle of a 2013 EV conversion project (well is not a very
recent), but as some of you may know; newer vehicles comes with more and
more electronics that operation of some devices and features of the vehicle
relies on the ICE data and information being generated by the ECM (OEM
computer)
, 2017 7:06 PM
> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Regen on AC Inverter
>
> Ing. Marco Gaxiola via EV wrote:
> > I agree with robert, how the inverter is capable of 'charge the battery'
> from regen when at very low RPMs?
>
> OK, the
I agree with robert, how the inverter is capable of 'charge the battery' from
regen when at very low RPMs?
Another doubt I would add is; different than when using the system as 'motor'
with the 6 IGBTs putting power in a specific sequence on the coils. But how an
AC induction motor can work as
I guess Rush meant 'crushed' in a figured way because those crushed cars in
the 90's were leased and never owned.
But I think most of you intelligent people must know that there are many
ways of having you EVs 'crushed' by government not neccessarly by taking it
to a crusher machine...
..my comme
In my opinion, you may be half right. My logic says You can not start a new
vehicle with a pop-start with a 'completely ' dead 12v battery.
But thinking a little more i also have my doubts; since the alternator once is
spinning due to pop-start, is ready/can to produce electricity, which in
Actually TESLA UMC does not have any UL stamp on it, correct?
Marco
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
wrote:
> As far as I know, the only thing not "allowed" with the non-UL unit is
> that PG&E does not accept your entrance in the rebate program for the smart
> charging.
Well, according to the SAE-J1772 standard, the contactor shall not be
energized during a startup test nor any other condition than when plugging
it to a car. Maybe that is one of the reasons is not been approved.
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Hello Jay,
I strongly recommend you this one: the VICTRON ENERGY BMV-700H (H
means for high voltage)
https://www.victronenergy.com/battery-monitors/bmv-700
I had the same need months ago, and after some folks recommendations
here and some more extensively search the web I found
Jay,
Wow, only 10volts sag on a +41kw (+350amps times 118volts) of power, that is
pretty amazing!!
Forgive my ignorance: so each module is at 8volts? (16 in series, total 128V
pack) (each Leaf module is 60ah correct?)
Which BMS and charger are you using?
Do you have a website or similar wher
This a today's trabscription from Jack Rickard on FB 8hrs ago...
A Dark and Sunny Sunday:
I was really quite energized this week and had planned quite a show for the
weekend. But we were kind of overwhelmed with orders and order problems towards
the end of the week, and so increasingly
Although I'm not fan of the 'Fool Cell'; this commercial is really good, and
the way they fool the people about using trash to produce biomass to product
(don't know what) to produce hydrogen to put it into their cars...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFyY7_hc-14
Good for t
Yesterday whlie searchig also for a 48v solar controller for the same projet, i
found this Meter that supercceds for much the xantrex products and think will
the ideal solution Im looking for.
http://www.victronenergy.com/battery-monitors/BMV-700
It works from 6.5 to 95vdc one version and up t
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I'm looking for an energy meter for a lead-acid 48V (Nominal) bank. A
friend recommended me this one from Xantrex:
http://www.xantrex.com/power-products/power-accessories/linkpro-battery-monitor.aspx
that looks great and ideal for my Project. But unfortunately maximum reading
voltage
From:
http://www.gizmag.com/siemens-world-record-electric-motor-aircraft/37048/?ut
m_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cd2cfbace3-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=
email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-cd2cfbace3-91825189
Researchers at Siemens have created a new prototype electric motor
specifically designed
General Motors Mexico announced the introduction of the SPARK EV to Mexico
market. A version with a 21.4 Kwh battery, with a 130HP motor and an
estimated range of 132Km. The Spark EV will be sold in a starting price of
$499,900 Pesos.
http://noticias.autocosmos.com.mx/2015/04/15/chevrolet-spark
- Cor, You cannot get rid of coil 3 because you would short circuit
Pack A when charging, same for coil 4 would short circuit pack B when
charging.
- Ohh yes, this is just an illustrative schem. Sure; giving some
extra Seconds delay to the 'ignition relay cut off' circuitry by pu
Steve, Bill;
I made this schematic, also complementing the one Michael sent, but
using an automatically 'connect/disconnect' for both packs at charging and
use modes.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/109469848356360136281/albums/613061501260
0294641/6130615018680184210?pid=6130615018680
Steve,
Per what my logic tells me; there won't be any problem doing like,
and it comes to my mind that you should do it 'automatically'... this means
that instead of using Anderson connections, use medium amperage rate
contactors, being driven by the same power the charger receives, so wh
There is one video I uploaded to my customers from my store, I made
it to explain my Mexican customers how this work (Spanish), but you can see
exactly how those 3 wires works. As lee Hart says; connecting the pot ends
would give you a maximum resistance on the center and 0ohm on when turni
Thanks everyone that sent me a recommentadion. Cor, I actually
contacted EKM Metering some weeks ago; and a tech guy just recommended that
one you say. But yes, once you get all pieces together it results quite
expensive for the intended purpose (to be inside of a car and use it only as
a
v-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Ing. Marco Gaxiola
via EV
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:27 PM
To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List'
Subject: [EVDL] 120-240Vac Watt-Hour-Meter...
Im trying to find a Watt-hour-meter that can work on a single phase
either for 120 o
Im trying to find a Watt-hour-meter that can work on a single phase
either for 120 or 240Vac. Similar to this one from EKM-Metering: (can retain
cumulative watt-hour data)
http://www.ekmmetering.com/basic-kwh-meter-100a-120-240-volt-3-wire-60hz-ekm
-25ids.html
Want to install it
Kickstarting the EV Revolution
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141109024930-124366514-kickstarting
-the-ev-revolution?trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_POST
A small company in San Diego aims to defy automaker's reluctance to
advertise their electric car offerings and will put EVs squarely in
Do not forget Mexico, We are having our 2nd 'International Plug In Day' event
too. (In Hermosillo, Mexico) We dephased a week later since some friends from
Tuson and Phoenix Az are joining us after NDEW.
(Go for pictures)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.619062318157439.1073741837.5861
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