Big plans are now set for changing the Saturn to a Solar Powered Car. No panels on the hood, top and trunk. Actually plan to install a 7.2 kwh solar system on the repair shop at Lynn Auto Repair and charge the Saturn off it. That still would make it a Solar Powered Vehicle. Installing…
Why in 5000 EV Miles no real troubles? Still keeping records of grid input and EV miles output and have passed the 5,000 mile without buying any gasoline or oil. I did have to fill up my Ford Ranger to take the RA boys at church on a camping trip. I have really enjoyed the…
Showed the Electric Saturn at it’s first car show today. Good interest, lots of questions. Won a trophy for weirdest car. Just kidding, everyone got a trophy. Show was for the local emergency rescue, good cause. Some of questions were how fast, answer have got her up to 80 mph; how far? 37 miles is…
After driving a full electric powered vehicle for only 6 months and 4000 miles I am still acquiring knowledge. But some things I have learned. Reliable… No breakdowns except for in December when the charger quit and lost ability to drive vehicle for over a week. I now have 2 chargers see http://saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/332 and http://saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/235…
As I drive every day in this 100% electric vehicle I ponder questions bigger then me and my grasp of the world. It don’t take much to overload my circuits. What about the future of the automobile in the western world? How much are Americans ready to give up, to save energy? How will we…
Checking the efficiency of the SS Saturn EV is one of the goals I have been working on lately. BTW ……. have over 2,000 EV miles on her. Review some things I have 2 chargers for the pack. One is an on board 115ac volt unit that I now use only to opportunity charge while…
Here I video the Saturn accelerating from a stop, shifting through the gears observing the 4 gauges, from the left are the voltmeter, speedometer, tachometer and amp meter. My wife videoed this after church with me driving. The battery pack had been driven about 9 miles since the last charge. I am not trying to…
Here is the simple wiring diagram for the tach. Seems easy once it’s all over. I guess like after the invention of the wheel or the screw. Make sure, 6 teeth evenly spaced and a sensor like this Cherry that generates what I call a square wave not a analog wave.
Using the Thomas Edison saying again “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ” See : http://www.saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/210 http://www.saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/249 http://www.saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/285 http://www.saturn.lynnautorepair.com/node/304 Well almost 10,000 ways, but now the tachometer is recording the exact revolutions per minute of the DC electric motor. In the other three posts on this issue I…
It is cold you know, especially you Yankees and Canadians know, so I bought one of the oil filled heaters. I plug it in at night, in the back floorboard, turn it on low. When I get up in the morning the insides of the Saturn are nice and warm and stay that way until…