Battery Vehicle Society

But ICE cars generally run on only 2 types of fuel: Diesel and Petrol. Evs run on 100s of different voltages, using numerous battery types, all requiring different charging techniques:? Also what happens if the Charger Cooks your Nice New Set of Batteries :? Who will be responsible ? At least if usi...

Would be a great idea Nikki, But I can recall a similar idea a good few years ago regarding electric boats -- British Waterways along with one of the electricty supply companies were going to install charging points along the upper reaches of the Thames. Unfortunately like most good ideas it fell by...

Well spotted Mike
And thanks for doing the translation bit -- Cant get my head around German before 10.00 and 8 cups of Coffee

Sorry Paul my mistake
Indeed contactor coils cannot suffer with an inrush -- Actually its an OVERFLY. SW180 or 182s will peak at initial switching by as much as twice its nominal operating load.

Hi Nikki Just a quick question, are you switching anything other that the SW182 forward/reverse contactor with the accelerator micro switch ? Because according to my figures the: SW182 ( intermitten duty ) is rated at 30-40W making a loading of only 1 amp at your battery voltage SW182 ( continous du...

Hi Chris --- Dave to the rescue
http://www.bullybeef.co.uk/gaston-seale ... teries.htm

My brake master cylinder has 3 oulets. One for the rear, one for the front and one unused spare. Should be the same as yours ( Fiat 500 ) Why not fit a brake pressure switch onto the spare outlet and do away with the pedal operated switch. Alternatively how about LED stop/tail bulb replacements ?? R...

Nice one Nikki, Glad its all OK. If you do want to upgrade the controller have a look at the curtis 1207 range. They have a really nice feature called multi-mode. Basically you programme the controller up for two totally different driving modes which can be switch even whilst being driven. Same syst...

A good friend of mine has just been awarded the UK dealership for these :( Cos I wanted it !!! Anyway this is some of the literature, I dont know if it really works, but who knows, only time will tell. As Follows: 1. What are sulfated batteries? According to studies by the “Battery Council Int...

Makes perfect sense really. It must leave a bit of a bitter taste with Israel purchasing Oil from its Arab Neighbours