My wife informed me last Thursday evening that she was going to Fort Lauderdale to graduate with her Doctorate Degree from Nova Southeast University. She was leaving Friday morning at 11:00. As it turns out, none of her daughters were going to be able to make this celebratory event. Sigh. So she guessed she would […]
Missing Week And Elescalade Blues Read More »
This week you get a twofer as I didn’t post a blog with last week’s show. I was gonna…. and….see….what happened was…..see…. Actually, it is embarrassing. THe sheet with the data on it for the follow up test still lays next to the motor. Every day I was going to bring it home and do
Hydrogen Gods and the Nieuwe Elektrische Boot Read More »
This week we begin the more pleasurable work of installing pieces and wiring them up on the 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT. Some mounting issues. We installed the two Soliton1 controllers at angles above the motors much after the fashion of the old Ford flathead V8. This allows access to all the terminals and still access
Tang Zhengping and John Allen – Brothers from Another Mother Read More »
So a long show this week. Some say long and boring. I would be wounded to think this is so. Is not the entire world hanging breath abated for the next few minutes of every episode? That is of course my fantasy. Were reality to intrude I might be crushed. This week, we flew into
Escalade Motor Implant – Finally. Read More »
This week we do some final testing on our dual Soliton1’s and dual 11 inch motors before breaking down the test bench to install the motors into the Cadillac Escalade EXT. One of the issues with this vehicle is where to get the signal to serve as the “throttle” input to the Soliton1’s. Of course,
Throttle Bodies and Bottom Balancing Read More »
Interesting show this week. Mostly a rundown on our additions to the EVTV test bench, which is coming along quite nicely. We’ve added a control panel for the generator, with a contactor, current shunt, control switch and voltage/current displays. This allows us to turn on the generator or leave it off, depending on what kind
Not Everything Works the First Time Read More »
It’s Christmas at EVTV. We’ve received a couple of long awaited shipments. The most exciting is of course from Jim Husted – our Siamese Twin Netgain Warp 11 motors – assembled onto a single 100mm shaft. This motor has beefed up brush connections, beefed up field windings, and the new Helwig split brush redtop brushes.
This week, we kind of sort of wrapped up the Mini Cooper Clubman and are now driving it. Which is quite fortunate in that it was 9 degrees Fahrenheit here this morning – a bit brisk. Cape Girardeau Missouri is blessed with four full 3 month long seasons and the spring and fall are truly
2009 Mini Cooper Clubman Electric and the Rinehart Motion Systems Controller Read More »
This week we formally announce a project I’ve alluded to in the past – the conversion of a 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup truck to electric drive. From the get go, we’re going to do this a little differently from what you might expect. Our first choice is drive train and we’re going a little
2008 Cadillac Escalade Electric Drive Conversion – The ElEscalade Read More »
