Battery Vehicle Society

Hi Our Blingo developed a fault where there was backlash in the drive train. It turned out to be a motor steady fitted underneath the van from the motor to the subframe. The makers may have under estimated the torque available. Pam went to our local Citroen dealer which I thought would be a waste of...

Congrats Chris hope all goes well. You should get your money back selling spares unless you want to keep everything, Blinko's seem to be worth more dead than alive, people always need spare bits. Pam n John

Hi. I think the idea is the geo heat is used with a heat pump (a backwards fridge) to get to usable energy. Unless you can get to the bowels of the earth that is. Regards John

Hi Chris. Have you found a replacement for your iffy batteries yet? This place has some NiCad's for sale, they are 40ah and he is selling them for about £50 a pallet or bootfull. The Wind & Solar Works, Tree Tops, Sandy Lane, Pennard, Swansea, SA3 2EN. Tele: 0845 458 3141 Fax: 0870 163 8620. ...

Hi Blingo users. The state of charge meter in the Blingo I've found brilliant. the ammeter is a bit poor though. I was wondering if anyone has tested what the coloured bands equate to i.e. what current is drawn at the green to yellow and yellow to red and full scale deflection. Cheers all - John.