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Ya Gotta Love Panel Beaters

June 18, 2009

The guard on my car needs a fix after a bump – oops – a simple job one would expect, but shopping around for a good panel beater is difficult as most don’t want to guarantee their workmanship on anything that could bring on the slightest hint of rust. I have a spare guard but [...]

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Echo and the Funny Men

February 5, 2009

While my car waits for some final parts, the Echo conversion is progressing well and we hope to have it drivable very soon. There’s an EV show coming up and the Echo will be perfect for it, taking pride of place amongst the smaller vehicles and some funny guys riding funny go-carts etc – yet [...]

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Time to Look at Curtis Cooling

December 9, 2008

Although mentioned previously, we’ve had to put it aside while working out where everything else is going to fit. As you know, the Curtis has a bunch of MOSFETS inside, ‘sinked’ to the base of the housing. Although efficiency can be improved in a controller design, simple immediate solutions can involve better cooling. Some folks [...]

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Cool DC motors for Electric Vehicles – Kostov Elprom-EMS in my Starion EV

September 26, 2008

A lot of people are asking me where they can get the DC motor known as the Kostov. If you’ve found it difficult to obtain a Kostov, then you’re in luck; Elprom-ems, a Bulgarian motor company who have long been making fork-lift motors are stepping up their production of AC and DC motors specifically for [...]

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