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- Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:34 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: life on here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49712
Sorry if you found even that humble explanation offensive, I was simply attempting to offer a possible reason for the impression you have of the replies you received to your previous questions. Offensive - no, patronising - yes. It's just the kind of reply which drives people away. The point is nob...
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: life on here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49712
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:09 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: life on here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49712
Here is the thread about the mechanical speed controller:
http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/lobuck-controller-hi-amps-31134.html
Si
http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/lobuck-controller-hi-amps-31134.html
Si
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:26 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: life on here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49712
i sent a pm about that tubuler controller idea that looks good but no reply,also i find these days that if something isnt super efficient it gets thrown out a lot of good ideas fall by the wayside because of this. my opinion also with electric vehicles is to much reliance on electronics,where as so...
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mechanical Speed Controller
- Replies: 13
- Views: 38375
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:51 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Dumb charging idea?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20661
Also dont forget you'll be looking at high amounts of DC floating about which if you come into contact with will burn you without you really knowing Shocked or if you get locked onto it you cant let go of the stuff Shocked I wondered if somebody would have to get that in. Perhaps I should get a 'gr...
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:00 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Dumb charging idea?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20661
Dumb charging idea?
I have a string of 16 Optima batteries (from a scrap yard so they don't matter too much). Would it be entirely dumb to charge them just by rectifying 230v mains - and connecting it straight to the batteries? That will deliver 14.3v per battery which isn't far off the constant 14.7v they recommend. O...
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: SIADIS Software - v3.11 needed!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 36671
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:32 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: SIADIS Software - v3.11 needed!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 36671
SIADIS Software - v3.11 needed!
I have a Siemens Simotion AC Inverter drive which I have been trying to get to work. It came from a scrap yard - without any of the accompanying wiring etc, so I've been trying to reverse engineer it to some extent. I found a copy of the manual on the web and eventually found the pinouts / pin numbe...
- Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Innovation and route to finance question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11316
Although we do not have large sums of money to invest ourselves - I do have a lot of experience of building a successful company without any outside investment. We (http://www.x-eng.co.uk) were told when we started that to be successful we would need at least 100k working capital to get going - wher...