The very beginning of my Online Store for the DIY ESS Kit

These last weeks I have been gathering all the components necessary to build my DIY ESS Kit, and get ready to offer the Kit #2

Here are a few pictures of the items that already arrived, or that I purchased in stores here


Wattson complete units: Display, Transmitter, Current Sensor


Tyco Kilovac EV200AAANA contactors

Blue Sea 150A 48V DC Circuit Breakers / Switches

Digital Programmable Voltmeters

Small lugs - M6 & M8 - and 2A glass fuses

Terminal blocks, 3-way AC interconnects, screws, plywood for the DIY ESS Control Board build

Dupont Jumper Wires are on their way

Fuse holders too

Also, I will be offering CALB cells soon, already Bottom Balanced, and at a competitive price

EVTV Friday Show - April 12, 2013

The Thing about THINGS

News with a new Sunny Spring background !

New Nordlock washer



Tesla




Michael Bream from EV West and their VW Beetle conversion Kit !
=> 2 weeks of work and your old bug will never spill oil again




Brandon Hollinger and his Austin FX - London Taxi - EV conversion










And back to Jack's VW Thing for a good Bottom Balancing of the CALB CA100FI cells





Tyco Kilovac EV200AAANA, DC manual Switch, and Shock sensor cut off switch

Peltier effect cells experiments for air conditioning / heating system ...

EV West Electric Beetle - Wife Takes A Drive With a Manual Transmission in a VW Bug

Now take a seat and enjoy the ride in the newly converted Beetle with Michael Bream's wife, Julie

" Take a quick ride with Julie as she drives a manual transmission for the first time. Since the Beetle is electric, there is no need to slip the clutch, so learning to drive a manual is a breeze. The car is simply put into third gear, and driven without any shifting while in motion, making it even easier than an automatic. "

EVTV Friday Show - March 15,2013

- The VW THING - electric car with a Siemens attitude

- The Boing 787 Dreamliner Battery Debacle

- VW adapter for Siemens motors

Brian is still here, for good now maybe :-)

"2"

VW e-Up! press release 

Rebirth Auto made 10 VW adaptor plates for the Siemens 100kW Ac motor: Jack will use one in his Thing project and the rest will be available online 

Here is the VW Thing, it has been cleaned up, repainted in deep yellow, ready for conversion to electric drive

VW Thing transmission

VW Thing engine bay

Siemens 100kW AC Motor

Siemens AC motor and Azure Dynamics' DMOC 645 controller

Now Jack wants to put this motor and controller in the Thing

Battery boxes for the Thing are ready and installed partially; Higher voltage required by this "new" drive train, so Jack will use more cells of smaller capacity, the CALB CA60FI

Comparison between CALB CA180FI & CA60FI

Then Jack goes into the details on charging and discharging cells, talks about the Boing Dreamliner, a  100,000,000 USD brand new plane with battery packs big problems, simply because the cells get over charged (they swell, and nothing abnormal was found by investigators !)

THE BASIC RULE AGAIN: Never over charge and over discharge the cells !!!

He also mentionned that the Chevy Volt and the Nissan LEAF battery packs are both under charged, to prevent cells damages ... What a coincidence !

Jack and Brian also talked about this new VW Electric Conversion Kit from EV West (?)  / ZelectricBug