Battery Vehicle Society

Anyone familiar with the workings of the 2014-2018 Berlingo/Partner? Damaged, (airbag deployed) . When trying to start , won't engage contactor. Fault lamp on dash (shape of a motor) Is the contactor in the battery a la Leaf, or in the engine compartment? Anyone found any info online about the worki...

I presume the electric vacuum pump that powers the servo is working?

Thanks Berlingolian, is yours an early or late model? (late ones seem to have more stuff, heated door mirrors, electric windows etc) There's a tab under where you type called Attachments, you can attach pics from your computer.

How many miles has it done? I expect a transmission is one of the easier things to find for this vehicle.

Just got another Electrique, a 2002. It is not working . Sometimes it does sort of make an effort to charge, voltage gradually creeps up to 180 something, yet pumps not running, % gauge not moving, charge lamp not illuminated, and the hazzard lights don't come on when you connect the power. When i u...

Just bought an electrique with a bad charger, can anyone help? Thankyou .

Just bought an e-nv200 but I miss my old 2003 Electrique which I just sold. E-nv is a bit too big but it is nice having twin sliding doors I must admit and my god it has got some torque. Are the new (current) type Partlingos any good? Anyone here got one?

Seriously.... Darwin Awards. If you don't know what you are doing with mains electrics, don't touch them. The brick contains all kinds of safety circuitry and a waveform generator to communicate with the car to tell it when to start the actual charger and at what current draw. If you can afford a 20...

my home is now fitted out with a 12v lighting circuit , i use mr16 and g4 lamps, they are superb, especially the 5w mr16, i bought them from a UK supplier of bulbs, as LED bulbs vary so much in quality and life expectency I wanted a reputable source. finding MR16 light fittings is quite hard these d...

running a bank is a great idea , just leave the car out of it. i run a 20kwh lead acid battery bank. (48v) i got the batts (6v) from the scrap metal recyclers. they are in such good working order that one really has to wonder about the origin of some of the items brought into these places, but what ...