Re: [FLEAA] battery equalizer

2009-04-12 Thread David Kerzel GCWT
Michael, When I first got thinking about EV's I spent a lot of time designing a charging system and thinking about the best ways to keep AGM batteries balanced. The plan was a bunch of small chargers for each battery that operated from a common supply and a bulk charger on the whole string. The

Re: [FLEAA] EV parts

2009-01-27 Thread David Kerzel GCWT
Walter Try specifying your motor as 180 VDC which is standard industrial voltage. On 144 volts it will run at 1440 RPM so use a different pulley You might also want to consider a 230 Volt 3 phase motor and a 1.5 HP inverter designed for 120 VAC operation which will run on 144VDC. David Kerzel Pompa