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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA
The Flagstaff EAA was thrilled and honored to have EV Jerry and his plug-in hybrid car "the Spirit of DC" visit on Sunday 2/22. Tags: EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA We were able to partake in the sacred ritual of "getting the finger", or putting a Flagstaff EAA sticker on his car. Bill Schlanger President, Flagstaff EAA.
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
- Monday, February 23, 2009
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DC-DC Overcurrent Malfunction
After some experimentation today, I found that under a moderate load of 8 amps or so, the DC-DC eventually stops working and fails to charge the 12V battery. was misled a few times because when I turn off the key for awhile and turn it back on, the DC-DC starts working again for about 30 seconds before stopping.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Electric Cars: Yes We Will
Dateline: Washington, DC. The buzz is everywhere and completely electric in Washington DC this week. Case in point: we opened the paper on our arrival to see a full 1/4 page photo of this message greeting Obama from the sides of the train tracks on his big journey from Philadelphia to DC: Electric Cars: Yes We Can !
Revenge of the Electric Car
- Monday, January 19, 2009
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DC/DC converter blown
Well, I ran out to Radio Shack this morning and got some more 5 amp fuses for the DC/DC converter. It looks like there's a pretty serious short in the DC/DC converter. After plugging a fast-blow fuse in, powering up the car blows the fuse. tried a slow-blow fuse and that went too. The distance is only 2.2
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Friday, August 24, 2007
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Charger/DC-DC Arrives
The 1200 watt charger is combined with the DC-DC converter on the right. The last piece of equipment from Belktronix arrived today. Here's the charging system from Belktronix. The small black box on the left is the charge controller box which interfaces with all the Batmon units that monitor the voltage on each battery.
Open Source Civic EV Kit
- Friday, November 14, 2008
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Fixing the DC-DC Converter
I cringe at the thought of having to send anything back to Electro Automotive for replacement or repair, so I took a chance and dissected the DC-DC converter to see if I could fix it. The company that makes the DC-DC converter is CC-Power in the UK, so I don't think sending it back to them would be timely either.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Friday, August 24, 2007
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DC-DC Seems to Work!
This is the first time I've arrived home with the DC-DC converter still working! Let's cross our fingers and hope the DC-DC holds out. I just drove home from a meeting for half an hour with the headlights on. In the process of driving, the brake lights and turn-signals were also on. Cheers, Tim
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Sunday, September 9, 2007
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replacement DC-DC on the way
In tweaking my aux voltage, I finally blew my Astrodyne DC-DC regulator. The poor beast had major acid damage so it was about time.
Robs RAVolt
- Saturday, September 26, 2009
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Debugging the DC-DC waveforms
I spent most of Friday trying to figure out just what was blowing the DC-DC converter. On the upper left, I have a 156V DC power supply. The opened up DC-DC converter is front and center. Here's my full testbench setup. On the lower-left sits a 12V battery to act as an accessory battery. In essence, I took five 31.2
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Saturday, September 8, 2007
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PakTrakr is Online! DC-DC blown again.
On a downer note, the CCPower DC-DC converter blew again (fuse was vaporized and FETs shorted out). The only difference was that the DC-DC converter was under a heavy load on the drive home because the headlights were on. I spent most of yesterday and a few hours today wiring up the PakTrakr system.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
- Sunday, August 26, 2007
