Battery Vehicle Society

Yeah, certainly a challenge. My feature is that the eco light comes on when fully charged.my rang is 100 yards. Total voltage is right up there, central pack is lowest and upon inspection there is leakage. Nearly got it out. How do I remove fuse holder/cabkes? You need a long (THIN) TORX screwdrive...

How's it going now, Harry? I'm having similar probs and a few steps behind ;-) Well I have to admit I have taken this van off the road at present due to lack of time etc. It definitely has battery problems am certain there is a short somewhere in one of the packs but I don't know where, I charged i...

MMMMMM GRUMPY is your best man for tech stuff I have to say he is our number one on the BLINGO, however glad to here you have an evLite, first thing have you got a copy of the instruction manual on the evLite ? ime sure one of our clever members will be able to send you a copy through your computer ...

So , tested flap micro switch and all fine. (just as you said GB , thanks) So not that. Fiddeld with main fuses and various links to see if loose. No joy. then suddenly started charging. Stopped after 10 min. Fiddle a bit more , mainly turning ignition on , moving it back and forth a bit, plugging,...

Well gents, my beloved (shiny) red van actually broke down last week and I had to be brought home on the back of a tow truck front wheels off the deck! fortunately it was a friend with the tow truck so no silly costs involved just his diesel, She had been acting up a bit on my way to work as in jigg...

O K GRUMPS, I will check both vans over this new year hols so I can compare my well behaved ( shiny ) red van with this badly behaved white van. So look at the battery temps at say the start of a maintenance charge and check say after 12 hours and again when the pack is pulsing having finished the m...

Are thanks GRUMPS, I have carried out maintenance and balance charges but this other thing, the sensor in the top battery box may be the answer. I checked the temperature on the Evlite when the batteries were stone cold yesterday and the reading was 12 degrees what temperature should I be looking fo...

Hello everyone, iv'e got a really lovely white berlingo which i intend changing over to lithium during 2014 having spent £600 on four really good NiCADS only three of the 27 batteries turned out to be faulty two in the dreaded centre pack and one in the front lower pack !!! This vehicle is doing a d...

Well thank's GRUMPY/HYEND for your helpful replies, I spent quite a lot of time and effort testing the dreaded centre pack with it's 11 batteries. I tested each and every battery by firstly SHORTING each one with what I thought was quite a reasonable load of 100 amps for 30 seconds and then test the...

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a BLINGO van year 2002 with 23000 on the clock with known battery problems, the label on the battery boxes shows 08/04/2001 the van is in superb condition and well worth the work that followed, I started with the dreaded centre pack of batteries and drop tested e...