Re: EV1 On Campus!!!

[harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca>]

It would a good idea to have a camcorder handy while taking it apart,
just so you can reassemble it as it was  ;-)

Regards
Harsha Godavari

Lee Hart wrote:
> 
> Seth Murray wrote:
> 
> > I would be happy to scan all of the manuals if and when I get my hands
> > on them and a scanner.  A scanner finds its way into my hands and I
> > will scan the docs and I can burn as many CDs as needed.
> 
> I would be happy to contribute to this effort any way that I can! I
> think it is a golden opportunity to document the greatest electric car
> built to date, before GM makes it disappear like it never existed!
> 
> > A WPI grad from a few years back who has been lurking on the list
> > suggested a study something along the lines of "Evaluate the
> > suitability of Nickle Zinc Batteries in on-road freeway-capable EVs"
> > which could certainly work.  Right now the car is sort of reserved for
> > the upper classmen, but we'll see how things go.
> 
> No matter what the upper-class students want to do with it, any kind of
> research project obviously needs a "control". If you're going to
> evaluate (say) a different battery, you need to get it working with
> plain old lead-acid batteries first, so you can compare the results
> before and after. Likewise if they wanted to rip out all the electrics
> and make a gasoline car out of it -- they should FIRST get it working
> as-is to have a basis for comparison.
> 
> So... the first project should be to get it working as-is, right? :-)
> 
> Next point. An excellent case could be made for taking it apart first,
> to learn all you can about how it's built. You can't modify a thing if
> you haven't documented how it is already built, right?
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