Re: [EVDL] 10th S10 outing
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:58:46 EDT
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> Subject: Re: [EVDL] 10th S10 outing
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> After 9 easy short runs around the block ect. I covered 21 miles this morning
> with a couple of hard takeoffs.I think she has at least a 25mile range
> without hurting the batteries.It took a day and a half to get the s10
> registered.While they preformed a class 2 inspection I was told to go to the waiting room
> after 20 minutes I had to go see what was taking so long.The officers were
> taking pictures of each other by the truck.At the mvd most of the cashiers had to
> come outside and ck.it out.It seems wereever I go it takes me longer do to the
> folks that want to ck it out. Its 88F this morning at my house in phoenix and
> the motor case temp.is 105F with the comm.at 121 after 21 miles and the
> controller water temp is at 117F.I am not sure if this is good or bad due to my lack
> of experence driving a street truck.Any comments would be welcome.At 50 mph
> on a flat road The 360 pack is at 340 and the ampmeters read 25 to 30 amps.Two
> minutes after getting back the OCV on each battery was 12.38 to 12.41Again I
> am not sure if this is good or not.I have been charging with a onboard pfc20 to
> 14.1 volts per battery then useing 6 deltran transformers with 5 outputs each
> through 30 bridge rectifers and 30 caps to balance/finish charge.The
> transformers are feed by a autotrans so I can set the finish charge at whatever
> voltage I want.At the end of the charge while still on the finish chargers the
> voltage between the 26ah hawker batteries is within .011.I am having more fun
> driving this than the dragster at this time.With the last nhra points race last
> weekend the dragster is now qualified to race in the division 7 race of champs in
> vegas in october. Dennis Berube with a large ev grin.
>
>
Well Dennis,
It sounds like you have a winning truck and not just on the track! I have to say it is one of the
most professional EV set ups I have seen (of course one of the the others is the CE-V). It is
amazing how many people you meet at events or just on the street that have never seen an EV - let
alone one that belongs in a race. I am sure it will turn heads wherever you go. I cant wait to
see it on the strip and have the clouds from the burnout amaze (and choke) the spectators.
See you at the track
Mario
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