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  1. yopappamon

    De sulfating SLAs appears to work

    After checking the capacity of the gel cells that came in my Solectria Force EV, decided to try de sulfating one and see if it helped. Set my power supply's to 16 volts at 200ma, set the battery on a portable oil filled electric heater to warm the cell and left it over night. Almost 22 hours...
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    Finally bought one

    After much looking, I finally bought an EV. 1997 Solectria Force (Geo Metro). Picking it up this weekend if all goes well.
  3. yopappamon

    Bradley GT II Electric car

    Bradley GT II electric available near me. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/4264194576.html Not sure what the value would be on one of these, any ideas? The seller is just asking for best offer.
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    Considering a hybrid car, which on is best for my drive?

    My commute is now such that it would be very good for a hybrid. Good: -32 miles round trip. well within EVmode of a volt -no highway, some city, 20 stops round trip. perfect for a Prius -low electricity rate at home. base rate of $0.09 per kwh -utility has program for EV charging rates...
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    Acopian PS as battery charger

    I just got back from a trade show for my work and at the show the Acopian booth was giving away power supplies. I scored a 5vdc 40amp switched regulated power supply, adjustable voltage and current. List price $645, SCORE! :mrgreen: The model is Y05LX4000 Lots of current, not so much...
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    LED house light source?

    Does anyone know of a source for 12v LED house lights? Specifically the recessed ceiling lights? I want to do lights that will run directly off my battery bank. I've just ordered some AC lights from DX.com and will try to hack the power modules to run off dc, but would like to find some...
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    Charging 6 volt car battery

    We just put my 93 year old father in an assisted living. Just getting too old to drive and live alone. I'm trying to move his 1940 Ford coupe to clean out his storage unit and the battery was low. It's a 6 volt battery. With all the electronics and battery chargers I have, there is nothing...
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    Use car to charge solar batteries on cloudy days?

    I finally own my own place so I can permanently set up my solar panels. I'm in Michigan so weather caused power outages are a regular occurrence. A decent generator is around $1,000. I can buy a lot of batteries for that. My thinking is I put up my solar panels and charge a decent bank of...
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    Bio-mass gasifier

    I recently moved from southern California to rural farm country Michigan. I went from ebiking to work 2-3 times a week to out running farm dogs on dirt roads a couple times a month. Out here wood is plentifull, farmers will let you cut out the dead trees free. Last week I looked at a farm...
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    Travelling with Lipo

    The ebikes, the Mrs. and I will be hitting the road soon and I was wondering the safest way to transport my lipo. Do you think it would be bad to put them in a small metal trash can, then in my tool box? The scary thing is this all sets on top of 100 gallons of diesel fuel in a transfer...
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    My own 20kw hydro generator?

    The Mrs. has been looking at houses where we used to live before moving the west coast. She found a house on a mill pond that has it's own 20kw hydro generator! :shock: Wow, just imagine the possibilities! :mrgreen:
  12. yopappamon

    Free water heater for solar project

    When I moved into the rental house I'm in, the gas company found the water heater pilot light would not turn off the gas when the pilot light went out. So the landlord replaced the water heater and I kept the old one thinking some day I might try to make a solar heater out of it. So now I want...
  13. yopappamon

    Sources for NiFe batteries?

    So a car hit the power pole feeding my area and I've been without power since midnight last night. I broke out my Thundersky's and an inverter and am running the fridge off of them. So SheWhoMustBeObeyed said 'Maybe you should get some of those expensive batteries that never wear out.' You...
  14. yopappamon

    Today is a great day!

    Because my son has left Iraq alive!
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    This B*tch be crazy!

    She told me to do something un-natural! :wink: Zbn59qnxg60
  16. yopappamon

    Interesting battery set for sale on ebay

    Interesting battery set and charger for sale in Texas. It says they are NiCd. They have the look of Nickel Iron to me. I think I'd make the drive to Tx if they were NiFe...
  17. yopappamon

    Bad lipo cell

    I sent my controller to methods to have a CA calibrated so I was riding my backup 9c hub, standard 22amp Infineon controller, and 44v lipo 20ah. 8 hobby king 6s 5000mah 20c with maybe around 50 cycles on them. Even when I'm riding my Lyen controller and 1000w Mac hs geared hub it tops out at...
  18. yopappamon

    Leaf battery chemistry

    Does anyone know what the current battery chemistry is in a Nissan Leaf? A co-worker has one on order and wanted to talk with me about charging. All I can find in searching is they are calling it Lithium Ion and in the future they might put in a Lithium Manganese.
  19. yopappamon

    Meanwell current limited

    I've been using 24v meanwell power supplies to charge my 6s 5ah Hobby King lipo packs (with a couple battery medics to balance). I started with 4 of the S-60-24 (60w) and they have always topped out at around 3 amps and ramp down the current as the pack is charged. Not too long back I picked...
  20. yopappamon

    Ebike insurance from GEICO

    The little turd wouldn't even give me a discount! :mrgreen:
  21. yopappamon

    We should do this here!

    http://www.businessinsider.com/vilnius-mayor-arturas-zuoka-lithuania-tank-bike-2011-8 IvGaSct3cJk
  22. yopappamon

    Hacking sla solar charger for Lifepo4

    My solar panel has an open circuit voltage of over 20v, too much for 4 cell lifepo4. My 40 watt panel came with a cheapy sla charge controller. The charge controller has an upper cut off voltage of 14v, that's 3.5v per cell, measured ended up around 3.45v per cell. Too low on the charge...
  23. yopappamon

    NiMh for solar?

    I have a pile of NiMh F cell packs from some Sharper Image ebike battery packs. I've been thinking about using them in a solar power system for my yard lights. Not a big load, just running a small inverter for a few hours each night, solar charged during the day. Charging would require...
  24. yopappamon

    A friend gave me this motor

    What should I do with it? It had a 4.5 to 1 gear head on it, halls, three phase. I hooked it up to a controller and it runs well. Would it make a decent wind generator?
  25. yopappamon

    Is this bike worth saving?

    So someone taco'ed their rear wheel, got tired of carrying it, and tossed it over the fence outside of work. Is it worth salvaging? Looks to be begging a rear hub motor. :mrgreen:
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