Batteries and Battery Management Systems
I am about to purchase batteries to replace my 18 Exide 8 volt lead-acid deep cycle batteries since they are no longer usable.(6 miles distance) The following is a list I have compiled of manufacturers of batteries suitable (some still in the beta stage) for EVs, especially full electric cars (FEV), batteries with a capacity…
It has been cold like it always does this time of year but more so it seems ( especially with the economy and all). I drive the SS Saturn everyday to work and on weekends. Five degrees f in the morning has not stopped her. Snow, slush and rain either. Maybe lots of snow might…
Here is the diagram for the 144 Volt 2/0 cables on the Saturn. This diagram includes similar routing of the cables. This includes the 4 battery boxes, inline fuse, control panel, controller, contactors and motor. This does not include the smaller 10 & 14 guage 144 volt wiring to the battery charger, DC-DC, ammeter and…
The weekend of the 8th was busy with a Royal Ambassador hiking trip to Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. So come Monday I returned to the long term EV Saturn project. The 50 feet of 2/0 welding cable EVAmerica sent me, to do the conversion was not enough. BTW 2/0 is called “two aught”. I…
Finish making all the cables. Used the big 3 foot crimper and shrink wrap the ends. Here is a view of a pair of cables before assembly with the ends stripped, 4 automotive style lugs, 4 shrink-wraps, cable cutter, hose cutter, stripper, heat gun, cable end insulators (black and red) The two cables assembled Using…
The following three images are part of the process of making a battery box. Battery Frame test Fitting The decision on where to place the 6 remaining (of the 18 total needed) batteries that need to go under the hood has been a quandary. Some people like Micheal Drewry at http://glassphoto.googlepages.com/saturnev was able to place…