I live in delhi and would love a chance to see your car in person
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:59:41 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EVDL] Re gen Braking
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> =
> I have determined that the problem I was having with my regerative braking
> may have had nothing to do with faulty circuiting, failed diodes or
> snubbers, but everything to do with early SAAB's freewheeling transmissio=
ns.
> The early SAAB's had transmissions that could be manually set to "freewhe=
el"
> or be engaged with the drivewheels. Freewheeling allowed the engine to
> return to idle and coast if you took your foot off the accellerator. While
> driving the 10 mile to Delhi, NY from my home in Bovia, I listend for the
> whine of my Advaned DC motor while coasting and didn't hear it, looked do=
wn
> at the position of the freewheel lever and wondered if it was engaged or
> not. I had forgotten the correct possition the lever should be in for eit=
her
> function. Before leaving the hardware store in Delhi, I pulled out the
> freewheel lever and headed home. Decending the first hill in fourth gear,=
I
> downshifted to third, engaged the regen circuit, depressed the accellerat=
or
> and was pleasantly relieved to feel the drag of the generator slow the car
> and post a posative 20 amps on the DOE Argone Lab volt/amp meter. The reg=
en
> system will not function in freewheel, and I,m not sure about automatic
> transmissions.
> =
> Thanks to the few on EVDL who offered to trouble shoot my problem, get in=
to
> Gary Jackson's regen braking system design and electronics and help find=
a
> solution. In the end it was the unique (quirky) SAAB engineering and
> forgetful 35 year SAAB enthusiast, not the electronics, that was the caus=
e. =
> Gary Jackson's regen braking works fine for those of you who may be
> interested.
> =
> Thanks, Christen
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> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:59:41 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EVDL] Re gen Braking
> =
> =
> I have determined that the problem I was having with my regerative braking
> may have had nothing to do with faulty circuiting, failed diodes or
> snubbers, but everything to do with early SAAB's freewheeling transmissio=
ns.
> The early SAAB's had transmissions that could be manually set to "freewhe=
el"
> or be engaged with the drivewheels. Freewheeling allowed the engine to
> return to idle and coast if you took your foot off the accellerator. While
> driving the 10 mile to Delhi, NY from my home in Bovia, I listend for the
> whine of my Advaned DC motor while coasting and didn't hear it, looked do=
wn
> at the position of the freewheel lever and wondered if it was engaged or
> not. I had forgotten the correct possition the lever should be in for eit=
her
> function. Before leaving the hardware store in Delhi, I pulled out the
> freewheel lever and headed home. Decending the first hill in fourth gear,=
I
> downshifted to third, engaged the regen circuit, depressed the accellerat=
or
> and was pleasantly relieved to feel the drag of the generator slow the car
> and post a posative 20 amps on the DOE Argone Lab volt/amp meter. The reg=
en
> system will not function in freewheel, and I,m not sure about automatic
> transmissions.
> =
> Thanks to the few on EVDL who offered to trouble shoot my problem, get in=
to
> Gary Jackson's regen braking system design and electronics and help find=
a
> solution. In the end it was the unique (quirky) SAAB engineering and
> forgetful 35 year SAAB enthusiast, not the electronics, that was the caus=
e. =
> Gary Jackson's regen braking works fine for those of you who may be
> interested.
> =
> Thanks, Christen
> =
> =
> -- =
> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Regen-Braking-tf46749=
05s25542.html#a13356624
> Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Na=
bble.com.
> =
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