Re: Where to start?

["Roy LeMeur" <roylemeur@hotmail.com>]

Eric Penne wrote:

>I just joined the list.

Welcome to the list Eric, you have found the best source of EV info 
available.

>Any clubs in the Sacramento, Ca area that I can hang out with?

Sacramento EAA website here: http://saccityweb.com/seva/
Also, NEDRA competition in Sacramento on 11/02/02 at Sacramento Raceway.
The races are always a good place to meet EVers and learn about EVs.

>Are these books still up to date on the latest
>technology? Any help would be appreciated.

These books cover the basics quite well, flooded batteries, Curtis 
controllers, and series wound DC motors.

Books available here:
http://store.evparts.com/shopping/index.php?id=563

Also, you mentioned Mike and Shari's articles in Homepower, these articles 
go back many years and are a valuable source of info.

To get a good idea of what components are used in conversions, and what kind 
of range and performance you can expect, take a look at the hundreds of 
converted vehicles in the EV Photo Album: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/

The best on-road DC motor controllers you can get:
(shameless plug for Damon and Otmar :)
http://www.dcpowersystems.com/
http://www.cafeelectric.com/

Siemens AC drives available here:
http://www.metricmind.com

Also, you can save a ton of work buying an already converted vehicle:
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/geobook.html
http://www.eaasv.org/
http://www.tidepool.com/~ecar/list.html

Last but not least, I am sold on what Sheer has done with AC drive and 
Evercel batteries:
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/338.html
http://www.brassrat.net/ev
Sheer, correct me if I am wrong here, but I believe that the range of this 
vehicle has been measured at 115 miles, at freeway speeds, before _any_ drop 
in available power occurs.
(stay tuned to the EV list to see the progress of an upcoming conversion of 
a Honda Insight to pure EV using this technology)

Hope this helps!






Roy LeMeur  Seattle WA

My Electric Vehicle Pages:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/renewables/evpage.html

Informational Electric Vehicle Links:
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