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by mattcarr
Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:56 am
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: Charging adaptors
Replies: 5
Views: 25901

Charging adaptors

As there is no board dedicated to charging, and the fact that charging covers all cars, I thought I would start the thread here - as it is me and I am wanting one for my citroen C1 ev'ie car. My car has a dumb charger in it - all it wants to see is 240 volt mains power and it will draw what it requi...
by mattcarr
Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:49 am
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: My Citroen C1 Ev'ie blog
Replies: 31
Views: 70445

Re: My Citroen C1 Ev'ie blog

Hi Tim, I also think option #2 is the best for myself at the moment. I can envisage a 16 amp commando socket with a J1772 adaptor, that will plug in to the car creating a J1772 socket for me to put the charging lead in to. A nice neat, inline adaptor. I think I will have to take the time to draw up ...
by mattcarr
Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:33 am
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: My Citroen C1 Ev'ie blog
Replies: 31
Views: 70445

Re: My Citroen C1 Ev'ie blog

I had one of the free home charger fitted at my house by Polar. Such a shame that I cannot use it !!!! It has got a type 1 J1772 lead hard wired in to it, where as my car has got a 16 amp type plug. I have not been able to find an adaptor or converter plug anywhere - so if anyone knows of one, pleas...
by mattcarr
Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:24 am
Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
Topic: CT&T E Zone range low
Replies: 9
Views: 33018

Re: CT&T E Zone range low

25 miles with almost fully charged batteries - that seems much better. Also, with new batteries they do take a few cycles to bed in until you can get their full capacity out of them. As you are reading the SG on these - I take it they are wet cells. Another thing to take in to account is watering th...
by mattcarr
Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:01 pm
Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
Topic: CT&T E Zone range low
Replies: 9
Views: 33018

Re: CT&T E Zone range low

Cruising at 25mph with a voltage of 70 means the batteries are less than 12 v each - this does not seem right. I would expect I higher voltage at such a low speed, or the low voltage maybe caused by one bad bettery in the pack. Another thing to consider is the rolling resistance of the car. If it is...
by mattcarr
Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:38 am
Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
Topic: CT&T E Zone range low
Replies: 9
Views: 33018

Re: CT&T E Zone range low

Hi Reg, Interesting that you say the voltage can drop as low as 52 volts under heavy load - this to me seems too low. That is 8.6 volts per battery. They should not drop that low - I suspect that you have got at least one bad battery in your pack - and the pack is only as strong as it's weakest memb...
by mattcarr
Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:09 pm
Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
Topic: CT&T E Zone range low
Replies: 9
Views: 33018

Re: CT&T E Zone range low

Hi Reg, I have to say that range does seem very low. I had a gwiz, which had 8 * 200ah 6v Trojans in it ( 9.6kwh ) and I could get a good 40 mile range. I am surprised that you are only getting 14 miles out of it. Is it a direct drive? or does it have any type of auto gearbox on it? Are you able to ...
by mattcarr
Thu May 30, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: 2010 Citroen C1 VTR Electricity ELECTRIC CAR on eBay
Replies: 12
Views: 33435

Re: 2010 Citroen C1 VTR Electricity ELECTRIC CAR on eBay

The only other thing I have noticed with these cars is that the BMS also is the enabler for the charger - with a dead BMS the charger will no operate. The charger has 2 pairs of wires going to the BMS - the first is the on off pair and the second is the charge rate pair - this needs 5 volts across i...
by mattcarr
Fri May 24, 2013 3:08 pm
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: J1772 Charging points
Replies: 5
Views: 17057

J1772 Charging points

Okay, I have taken the up the offer of a free J1772 Chargemaster point and had it installed at home. Problem is that I am not able to plug it directly in to my car as I have a "dumb" charger that just wants 13amp 240 volt from a standard UK household plug. My car has got a 16 amp commando ...
by mattcarr
Wed May 15, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: ECCPLC C1 ev'ie
Topic: 2010 Citroen C1 VTR Electricity ELECTRIC CAR on eBay
Replies: 12
Views: 33435

Re: 2010 Citroen C1 VTR Electricity ELECTRIC CAR on eBay

Umm, yes it does seem a bit expensive for a damaged one. I know that my BMS set me back 900+ VAT and then 100's more to have it fitted. This looks like the box will all of the bleed resistors for the BMS is damaged - so it may cost even more to have replaced and fixed - and that is assuming that thi...

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