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Curtis and More

June 4, 2010

Yes My Curtis 1231C motor speed controller has been a good little battler and still goes strong despite some jerkiness under acceleration, but it would be nice to have a little More power! It’s a second hand unit I purchased from ConvertUrCar and it has delivered some good miles. Last week I drove to an [...]

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Safety Last?

July 23, 2009

When it comes to EVs, some back-yarders may well be up there with the Harold Lloyd types, dangling on a high voltage precipice. What am I on about? You’ll recall my expensive BMS master controller I griped on about some time ago – it handles the high current charging brought into the car via a [...]

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Zilla Back in Production?

June 5, 2009

News in from Otmar – the high-powered motor-controller maker has found new manufacturing feet for his famed Zilla controller. Double the top current-handling of my Curtis, the Zilla fills a much-needed hole in the EV market in the high-performance end. With water cooling built into some models, these things when fitted into a sports EV [...]

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My Breaker Broke :-(

April 11, 2009

My Airpax breaker, the main breaker switch, now has a busted switch-arm (I’ll save you the painful images). Just a few test throws under tension, the supposedly strong Bakelite switch arm shattered. The Airpax breaker is expensive, and we’ll have to see if it’s still under warranty as I paid for this some time ago. [...]

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[Video] Battery Assessment & Ripping Out the Dash

September 3, 2008

It’s been a long wait, but the Thundersky lithium 144v 160Ah batteries finally arrived! Now we have to set about determining the best configuration for the batteries in the engine bay and rear tank.

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