[monkmonkey]

My car will drive fine for the first 3 miles then the car will become jerky; acceleration sluggish. If you go over a certain speed/amps there will be a loss off power. At night,all lights will dim and eventually go out. Once the jerkiness starts, the car becomes slower and slower. What kind of problem does sound like?

[PStechPaul]

It sounds to me like some bad connections or possibly a cell that is going bad. As things heat up, thermal expansion can make things worse. Try removing, cleaning, and retorquing all connections. If you see lots of corrosion on one or more cells they may be the culprits. If you can feel around for hot spots after you shut down the car that's a good method too, but be careful.

It may also be in the auxiliary circuit which feeds the lights but is supplemented by the DC-DC converter.

I don't have a road EV but I work with high current equipment and connections seem to cause 90% of the problems, especially once they are out in the field and get bounced around.

[mora]

What kind of batteries and how many of them do you have in your EV? Do you have any instrumentation for them (volt/amp/soc meter)? How about battery for accessory or is it DC/DC directly to 12V system? Or tapped from main pack?

Sounds like your pack voltage is sagging too low and controller is cutting power in attemp to save batteries. It could also be contactor coil getting less than 12V and opening/closing during voltage sag. This would apply if your batteries sag low and 12V system is tapped from them.

[major]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

My car will drive fine for the first 3 miles then the car will become jerky; acceleration sluggish. If you go over a certain speed/amps there will be a loss off power. At night,all lights will dim and eventually go out. Once the jerkiness starts, the car becomes slower and slower. What kind of problem does sound like?

Is this the same EV? http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums...ard-75379.html Did you take the advice offered on that thread?

[monkmonkey]

Yes it is Major. I cleaned up the connections. I am running 16 6v Energizer batteries from 2011.

Seems to me it has something to do with the F/R turning on/off. As I drove into my driveway it started to do it. When I came to a complete stop, the F/R was going on/off like mad so I turned the key off.

I can drive 1/4 mile using full acceleration. Once it starts doing it, it gets worse.

What may be the conclusion?

[major]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

Yes it is Major. I cleaned up the connections. I am running 16 6v Energizer batteries from 2011.

Seems to me it has something to do with the F/R turning on/off. As I drove into my driveway it started to do it. When I came to a complete stop, the F/R was going on/off like mad so I turned the key off.

I can drive 1/4 mile using full acceleration. Once it starts doing it, it gets worse.

What may be the conclusion?

Cleaning connections would be a good start. What about some of the other recommendations? Got a circuit diagram?

F/R usually means Forward/Reverse. Do you actually have a F/R contactor set? I don't recall seeing it in the previous photos. Most conversions and the original Lectric Leopard used the transmission reverse and had no F/R.

It is hard if not impossible to reach a conclusion with the limited info you provide. Do your contactors run on 12V? What is the 12V supply? Do you have a voltmeter and ammeter for your pack?

[monkmonkey]

I'll make the diagram later. Just wanted to say that the F/R is the thing below the controller in the picture. Its odd cause other Leopard photos I don't see that F/R.

[monkmonkey]

Also, is the setup for all evs the same? So if I found an installation blueprint, that would work for the renault?

[major]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

I'll make the diagram later. Just wanted to say that the F/R is the thing below the controller in the picture. Its odd cause other Leopard photos I don't see that F/R.

Do you mean this?

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

[major]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

Also, is the setup for all evs the same?

No, not by a long shot.

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

So if I found an installation blueprint, that would work for the renault?

Not sure what you mean. Check against what is in your EV. I can tell you that what you showed in the photos is not the original Lectric Leopard system.