Battery Vehicle Society

Why not use a Curtis 1209 48-72 Volt controller fitted with a PB6 pot box, and a an albright SW202 changeover contactor for forward/reverse select? Controller is rated at 400A and will easily handle the motor. Just as it happens I have a new Curtis 1209 controller going spare :lol: And can supply al...

Hi i'm off to sunny Slovenia next week to discuss about us being agents for Piktronik. Really need to have some feedback from you lot as to what you really want from a battery charger or controller. http://piktronik.tovarnaidej.com/index.php?lang=eng Please have a look at the link and let me know, n...

Sorry Chris

Forgot to mention it -- Have found a 5K 30 degree rotation pot in my pile of bits. If you do need one let me know

OK Paul, Yes you are perfectly right regarding all your theories regarding motive power traction systems, thats both AC and DC drive systems. An no doubt you will one day put them all to the test and be the proud owner of perpetual motion car. You really are light years ahead of all the major manufa...

Hi Nikki Please dont worry, its got to be a simple problem 1. Is the controller fitted with the SRO option ( Static Return to Off ) ? 2. Is the City E Fitted with a forward/reverse switch which has a neutral/center off position ? 3. Are the forward/reverse contactors fitted with diodes across the co...

I Know it should have gone in the links area, but it to good for that !!!
Check it out
http://www.driveelectric.org/cars/text/evcalculator.htm

Would it not have been easier to fit a SW190 contactor. Double pole does it all. Job Done. Will be good when Albright bring out a Double pole line contactor/emergency disconnect unit. Currently they only make a single pole version but hopefully this will change

The convention used by the on-road EV community is that several cells form a battery (you would probably call it a monoblock) and several batteries constitute a 'pack'. A vehicle might have one, two, or more packs. Never in all my years have I come across your definition of a battery. And thats 22 ...

They are sealed for a purpose --- To stop tinkering fingers tinkering with them. Thats why the only way into them other than Curtis is via the programmer. Just leave them as they are !!! They work fine and exceed their specifications. If you tinker with a combustion engine to get a bit more, as we a...