Jul 23
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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written by Carmel Duryea Morris
\\ tags: battery, Curtis, charger, controller, DC-DC converter, ev, Fuel, ICE, Thundersky, Zilla
Jun 05
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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written by Carmel Duryea Morris
\\ tags: Better Place, Electric Car, ev, Li-Po, Logisystems, MiEV, STAIR, STAIR Air Battery, St Andrews Air, Synkro, Thundersky, University of St Andrews, Zilla
Apr 11
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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written by Carmel Duryea Morris
\\ tags: Batteries, battery, Carmel Duryea Morris, charger, Echo, ev, ICE, lithium, MiEV, Mitsubishi, Starion, video, Zilla
Sep 03
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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written by Carmel Duryea Morris
\\ tags: Batteries, battery management system, Curtis, electric starion, electric vehicle, ev, lithium, Thundersky, video, Zilla
