Recent content by happycamperbrat

Yes I know about his bus, that was the reason I joined the forum. But he says I need to learn more about electric vehicles before I could do the needed work on his. So I bought a VW bus and am going to convert it myself instead

jondoh that is awesome :D For my conversion, it has to be a larger vehicle because of my family being in it too. Just awesome!!

I know 10 wouldnt run it for very long. Inititialy (before I thought of towing an ev vehicle) I had intended on about 10 batteries to run it for short periods of time coupled with solar panels and of course the 24 volt alternator on the rv now. But after deciding to explore the possiblities of...

is it true that an electric motor produces energy even when off just as long as the wheels are turning like as it is being pulled down the road?

I guess I didnt explain it very well, sorry my bad. For my house system on the rv I am figuring I will need at least 10 6volt batteries or so because I really didnt want to run a generator (they are loud, stinky and obnoxious). I have not bought an inverter yet for my rv or batteries for that...

Hi everyone! This is my first post here. Im wanting to build an ev vw bus but I want to be able to charge it from my RV and I want the batteries on the VW to power my house system on the RV when driving down the road and towing the ev. I also want to install a generator in the VW in order to...