Re: 80 JET 007 more HELP needed (long)

[George Allen <gallen@c-zone.net>]

Hi Greg
Check that your ignition ON voltage is operating small Relay on left
side of the controller that passes pack Voltage to your MC and Micro
switch. It is a VW 20 or 30 Amp Relay with spade terminals.
George Allen
Redding,CA

Greg Pokorny wrote:
> 
> Well, here comes some more of that snowball effect I was talking about...
> 
> Since the last time I posted about the clutch flutter noise, I haven't had
> much time to look at the problem (putting in extra hours at work, and
> relatives visiting), but I was preparing to pull the motor back out.  I put
> the car back up on jacks, pulled the batteries out of the front box, and
> loosened the battery box and propped it up and out of the way.  Since I
> hadn't gotten much farther, and my step-father, who knows more about cars
> than I do, was visiting, I thought I would put it back together enough for
> me to tap the accelerator and give the motor a spin so that he could hear
> the noise.
> 
> Well, I put two of the 12v batteries back in the front box, which brought me
> up to 108v (normal is 120). Voltage meter didn't budge, but I thought it
> would be enough to spin the motor.  I know that once I had a terminal melt,
> and I was able to drive home on 114v (back when I had 6v batteries).  I
> stepped on the accelerator (car still jacked up), but the motor didn't spin.
>   Didn't even try.  So, I put the 3rd battery back in the front box to bring
> it up to full voltage.  The voltage meter went up to about 100% (batteries
> have been sitting for a couple of weeks), but I stepped on the accelerator,
> and nothing happened.  I tried letting the car back down off of the jack
> stands, still nothing (sounds silly, but I thought maybe there was someting
> that would disable it if the car was being towed).  Usually when this
> happens, it is because I forgot to close the emergency disconnect after I
> had been working on the car, but then the voltage meter registered 0%.  I
> even tried cleaning the contacts, just to be sure, but still nothing.
> 
> Time to break out the multi meter.  It appears that there is no voltage
> coming from the controller to the motor.  So, I look for power going into
> the controller.  None.  Seems there is no power getting through the main
> contactor.  There IS power getting to the main contactor.  The line coming
> from the rear battery pack to the MC is a direct line that I just replaced
> with 2/0 cable, and there was/is no fuse in that run (not to mention, if a
> fuse had blown, the voltage meter would read 0%).
> 
> I tested the output from the accelerator pot, and it looks OK.  I can hear
> the micro switch in the pot box clicking on and off, but I still get nothing
> through the MC.
> 
> I can't imagine what happened to the MC.  It worked fine 10 days ago when I
> had first put the clutch in, and I haven't used it since then, until this
> past weekend when I tried to spin up the motor.
> 
> What are the opinions out there?  did the MC go kaffluey?  did I blow a fuse
> somewhere?  what can I test that I have overlooked?
> 
> Sorry for the long-windedness, but I am trying to give as much useful info
> as possible.
> 
> PS this is all the stock equipment from JET (except for the batteries), SCR
> controller, GE motor, GE accelerator pot...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg Pokorny
> 80 JET Elecrtica 007
> 
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