> robert harder wrote:
> > =
> > =
> > 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
> >> =
> >> =
> >> 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
> >> transmissions.
> >> The early SAAB's had transmissions that could be manually set to
> >> "freewheel"
> >> 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
> >> down
> >> 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
> >> either
> >> function. Before leaving the hardware store in Delhi, I pulled out the
> >> freewheel lever and headed home. Decending the first hill in fourth ge=
ar,
> >> I
> >> downshifted to third, engaged the regen circuit, depressed the
> >> accellerator
> >> 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
> >> regen
> >> 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
> >> into
> >> Gary Jackson's regen braking system design and electronics and help f=
ind
> >> a
> >> solution. In the end it was the unique (quirky) SAAB engineering and
> >> forgetful 35 year SAAB enthusiast, not the electronics, that was the
> >> cause. =
> >> Gary Jackson's regen braking works fine for those of you who may be
> >> interested.
> >> =
> >> Thanks, Christen
> >> =
> >> =
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