| Owner | Kimball Petty | ||||||
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| Location | Little Deer Isle , Maine United States map | ||||||
| Web/Email | WebPage | ||||||
| Vehicle | 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon | ||||||
| Motor | Netgain Warp-9 Series Wound DC | ||||||
| Drivetrain | clutchless with stock trans. | ||||||
| Controller | Logisystems 550 amp Logisystem failed after 30 miles.company out of business. replaced with Soliton Jr. | ||||||
| Batteries | 45 Thunder Sky 200 ah, 3.40 Volt, Lithium Iron Phosphate First set of batteries bought and paid for from EV components. Company went under and would not deliver cells. Class action lawsuit with 23 other victems yeilded seized inventory worth about half what we are owed. I had to buy my cells from inventory a second time and I may get half of that back. Very expensive batteries.Be careful! | ||||||
| System Voltage | 153 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Elcon 6KW Actually sold as a Chennic and Chinoz. Very poor documentation about charge curves loaded into the charger.As I received it the charger brings my pack up to 163V | ||||||
| Heater | ceramic | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | stock alternator I have an alternator and stock battery for now. I will have to see how well that works .I may go to a DC/DC. | ||||||
| Instrumentation | digital tach, amp meter, EV Display , Mini BMS | ||||||
| Top Speed | probable 70 or so | ||||||
| Acceleration | Fair with the logisystems ,Have not gotten the Soliton on the road yet. 9/28/11 Acceleration with soliton is very good using 2nd and 3rd. | ||||||
| Range | 60 Miles (96 Kilometers) I only got 30 miles before the Logisystems died. I think I will get 60-80 miles range. 9/28/11 I get 60 miles range. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 7 adults | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 3,500 Pounds (1,590 Kilograms) | ||||||
| Tires | Continental Vanco 8ply | ||||||
| Conversion Time | over 2.5 years as I had to wait for 1.5 yrs to get my cells from the court settlement. | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | Probably about $28,000. $6,000 -$7,000 lost in battery rip off and Logisystem controller. With out the rip offs around $22,000 | ||||||
| Additional Features | Warm floor radiant heat cable in a mortar bed under batteries for heat . | ||||||
| While I was waiting for my court case to get settled I came across an ad in craigslist for an electric car for sale in Maine. Long story short I bough Wayne Krauth's Saturn( WebPage ) and converted it from lead acid to LiFePO4. It is a great car and I am getting over 100 miles on 40 TS 200-ah cells. The van will work well with the Saturn, my GE electrak collection and our electric boats in our effort to remove as many ICE's from our property as possible. We support the electric stuff with a 6kwh grid tie PV system and a 900w wind generator. Right now we produce all the power we use. These projects can be seen on my Picassa project page WebPage 9/3/11 Installed Soliton Jr. and it won't work as it has a wrong chip installed, back to Florida 9/28/11 soliton was reinstalled with air cooling only and it got too warm. Liquid cooling was added and it operates well. The bus goes 60 miles on a charge . | |||||||
1985 Volkswagen Vanagon
“e-vanagon”
Last Updated 10-26-2011
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