Re: [EVDL] Fw: new EV job

2013-07-13 Thread david woolard
Sry - was only meant lightheartedly! Will be more careful.Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _

Re: [EVDL] Fw: new EV job

2013-07-13 Thread david woolard
Yes i think that's right, so you're saying its axeon that should have known better than mounting them sideways? :-) not under compression either (at least the one I looked at, which may not have been typical) - just to throw in another item...DaveWSent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone --

Re: [EVDL] Fw: new EV job

2013-07-13 Thread david woolard
Hi jukka, yup I was aware of this from evdl postings ages back - i've only worked at allied 2 wks now so not much I could have done! The warranty issues are from the customer vs allied, not from allied to TS. So I think that there is awareness of the situation.Early vehicles were converted using

[EVDL] Fw: new EV job

2013-07-12 Thread david woolard
(excuse the delay replying - just realised the first reply went to personal email only, not the list) Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone From: David Nelson ; To: david woolard ; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ; Subject: Re: [EVDL] new EV job Sent: Fri

Re: [EVDL] new EV job

2013-07-11 Thread david woolard
Thanks Bruce! that was a good lot of info! Some info: Allied were using thundersky batteries in the first generation of conversions. Had a lot of warranty issues as the cells were mounted on their sides and the terminals corroded. For the latest generation they have switched to kokam. Only pr

[EVDL] new EV job

2013-07-09 Thread david woolard
Just for info I have just started a new job as a product design engineer here:  http://www.alliedvehiclesltd.com they (we!) build electrics: http://www.alliedelectric.co.uk Dont have to much info - only been here a week! Its a few hundred a year they make so not big, but still worthwhile. It