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22
Apr
2010
11
Jan
2010
Think City Electric Car
A fun video on the Think City electric car.
20
Nov
2009
EV Battery Charger
So here is my battery charger for my battery pack. I am going to be using a Minn Kota MK440 battery charger for my main pack. This charger is a 4 bank charger and will supply 10 amps to each battery. The 440 is a multi-stage charger (3 stage) so it does bulk charging until the battery reaches 75% then goes to absorption mode and finally goes to maintenance mode (float). This charger also has temperature compensation which I guess adjusts the voltage so the battery reaches the gassing threshold depending on whether it is cold or warm outside. Higher in cold and lower in hot temperatures. The charger weighs 22.5 lbs.
7
Nov
2009
My EV power source
Iowa wind power
27
Oct
2009
Save energy – Ride a bike.
If you don't like gas prices ride a bike. At least Rep. Patrick McHenry didn't recommend walking, because that would be taking things a bit too far.
18
Sep
2009
Blog updates and archives
Since this blog is about building the electric VW Beetle. I am currently (finally) at the point where I am purchasing and assembling the electric car components. Since A TON of work has been done just to get the Beetle road worthy, I will be adding posts, photos, info that has already happened (older posts are mostly going to be automotive maintenance/repair - I will try to put them in a separate category). Since the JPEG images from my digital camera have the dates, it should be a fairly easy process to insert the posts where they go.