Lee Underkofler
Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:19:33 +0000 (UTC)
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Great find, Jose! Nichicon is a Japanese company which usually means high quality design and manufacturing. They do have a facility in China as well. Does it say on your capacitors where they were manufactured? It is good to see all the activity in the S10-EV group. Those of y...
Kevin Kayden
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:11:20 -0400
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>From what I remember, the capacitors were more prone to failure on the NiMH, but the PbA trucks could have capacitor failure too. Now, all these years later, all original capacitors would be highly suspect. According to Jeff, these parts were a compromise to limitations, and...
bjnkm
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:08:26 -0400
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Hi Ryan,I too was concerned about my aging capacitors. But I was told it wasn't necessary on the Pba trucks. Hopefully someone here could confirm that info? Also, I'd like to go to lithium but the cost is a big concern. $14K is what I'm hearing. KevinBear, DE Happy Connecting....
Ryan Fralish
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:42:45 +0000 (UTC)
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Hi Everyone, I've also decided to go lithium with my stock PbA, and hoping to accelerate my snail's pace on the conversion.So far I've taken the box off and gave it a good bath. Next I would like to hook-up a GM Tech2 to read the diagnostics before I drop the battery box. Does...
Michael Anzalone
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:34:29 -0400
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Hi Niel, Jack and Ryan (and other interested parties), I am also interested in a Li-ion upgrade for my (native NiMH) truck. Please keep me in the communication loop and let me know if there's any way I can help. On a related note - I have seen some Chevy Volt battery packs bei...
Niel Nielsen
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:54:32 -0500
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Ryan Dela
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:10:39 -0700
2015
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Hello everyone, My 97 is out of commission with out of balance Nimh batteries. When I bought it the battery pack was serial number 001. When it returned from EV bones it had serial number 004 in it :-( so it is an oldie. The time has come to retire the batteries and move to li...
Ryan Dela
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:10:39 -0700
2015
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Hello everyone, My 97 is out of commission with out of balance Nimh batteries. When I bought it the battery pack was serial number 001. When it returned from EV bones it had serial number 004 in it :-( so it is an oldie. The time has come to retire the batteries and move to li...
Jack Parette
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:22:10 -0700
2015
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I have been working on a truck that was doa and I never drove it yet. Purchased 100 calb 60s (same power half the weight, suspension popped up 1.5"). Made a spoofer circuit for feedback of the 26 12volts. Having some problems with high voltage interlock faults. Have been study...
Robert Ogle
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:48:55 -0700
2015
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Good Morning, It is good to see people are still paying attention to our list (Hi Steve!)! I am afraid that I don't have good news, either. The trucks are non-op (as Jeff Thomas would say). It got to be too difficult to keep them charged with the batteries falling out of balan...
George Richards
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:23:51 -0700
2015
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Hi Kevin, Michael and Greg; I'm also going through the same sort of decision making. I've owned my 97 s10ev since Jan. 2005 and its been great to me. Of course I've hand to change a few things like coolant pump, brakes, radiator fan buffer and of course the all elusive batteri...
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Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:16:19 -0400
2015
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Hello to the survivors, Mine has a few bad batteries. (Lead acids) and of course the computer won't let me move it. I only got 12,500 miles from the pack of Deka 12AVR75 batteries, but believe I could get double that since I'm more aware of how to drive it now. Years ago, when...
List member
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:18:32 -0400
2015
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I've had my fun and time to move on. 1997 S10E for sale. $7,000 OBO. 12K miles.Needs batteries. Everything else is perfect! I have 26- Deka 12AVR75 AGM batteries installed. 1 battery has a bad cell and the computer quickly shuts you down when it drops to 10V. I could replace t...
Gardner Harris
Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:42:17 -0700
2014
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[email removed] Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: [email removed] Date: 2014/07/02 22:45 (GMT-08:00) To: [email removed] Subject: S10-EV Digest, Vol 131, Issue 2 I guess we're all in the same place. My 97 S10E has another bad cell which of cours...
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Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:39:25 -0400 (EDT)
2014
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I guess we're all in the same place. My 97 S10E has another bad cell which of course prevents me from driving it more than 5 miles. I've also been looking for an affordable Lithium conversion. What I have found is called the "Smart Battery". The 50 AH will fit in my battery bo...
Matt Kenigson
Tue, 1 Jul 2014 21:49:07 -0500
2014
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I'm having the same thought about my converted 1987 Nissan Pickup. I haven't looked lately to see what the market for conversions looks like... Matt Kenigson On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Michael Anzalone <[email removed]> wrote: > Hello all, > > It's been almost three years...
Michael Anzalone
Tue, 1 Jul 2014 22:42:21 -0400
2014
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Hello all, It's been almost three years since I purchased my Volt, and about the same amount of time has lapsed since my S10 has been driven. I keep thinking that I'll convert the S10 to Lithium someday, but not sure that'll ever really happen. Anyone interested in buying? Any...
Greg Brewsaugh
Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:58:01 -0700
2014
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Most likely it's a conversion of some sort if it is truly a 1994 chassis. Unless it was a conversion using the drive train from one of the '97-'98 production models, you'll likely find very little hardware in yours that is in the production models. Greg Brewsaugh 3EVs + PV in...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:17:57 -0800
2013
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Hi, Richard-- > We then checked the signal wire and also found no change in voltage. When we closed the signal wire circuit to ground the battery pack blower ran with full power. There's a clue. The signal wire is a PWM signal at TTL levels, which means that the computer can c...
Greg Brewsaugh
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:57:27 -0800
2013
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I suspect that your drop in range on the new RAV4-EV is due to lower average temperatures lately in So CA. (I'm in Huntington Beach.) I was somewhat alarmed to see the same thing in our 2011 Leaf and Volt as Winter approached. Range came right back up in the late Spring the fo...
Greg Rohrauer
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 21:29:26 -0500
2013
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Richard: I?m assuming you have the service manuals & scan tool? having attempted this battery swap. The pack voltage ought be fine according to what you indicate. I?d clear everything and start fresh, seeing which codes reappear. I?d be most worried about DTC 280, as it contro...
Gardner Harris
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:16:05 -0800
2013
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Re: Lithium Conversion I keep seeing Rich Hatfield's question on the no wakeup function of his Li Pack ever since he installed a replacement battery blower. It the lack of a response the result of no one having a verifiable answer or was there a reply which I don't understand...
Tom Chou
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:59:08 -0500
2013
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That's a great post from Niel regarding the 4 filter caps in the PIM - clear explanation of why these caps are failing - it should have been written 6 years ago! What voltage are the replacement caps Jeff found rated for? I understand Don has a supply? The original caps were 2...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:46:46 -0800
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Hi, Don-- Indeed that was an evBones NiMH conversion, so a 1997, I believe, the very one which I traded to Richard Hatfield himself for his 2006 home-brew-plug-in Prius (with an added 10 kWh of aftermarket Lithiums) with which I am still quite happy. I'm glad to hear that the...
Niel Nielsen
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:52:15 -0600
2013
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Richard, I agree with Gil--I have experienced the same problem of the connector failure in the +12 wire that feeds the pack fan. The test, as Gill states, is pushing a pin through the wire and then commanding the fan on with the tech 2., and measuring the voltage on the pin. O...
Richard Hatfield
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:31:33 -0800
2013
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Thank you for your help. We have 4 DTCs. One is pack airflow, the other three if i remember correctly are related to startup. I am at the SEMA show today and don't have access to the codes. I will forward them when I return. Richard Hatfield Lightning Motorcycle On Nov 7, 2013...
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Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:16:57 -0500 (EST)
2013
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Gil was that a 1997? If I recall correctly that did come up on the 1997 but not the 1998. Don In a message dated 11/7/2013 10:13:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email removed] writes: Hi, Richard-- Check the power supply voltage (stick a pin through the wire) right at the blow...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:13:11 -0800
2013
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Hi, Richard-- Check the power supply voltage (stick a pin through the wire) right at the blower. I think it's the red wire. The other two are ground and an on/off command voltage. It should read about 12 volts when the blower is commanded OFF and slightly lower when commanded...
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Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:02:07 -0500 (EST)
2013
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Hello Richard There are no DTC codes? If not then try disconnecting the accessory battery then the high voltage disconnect plug. Wait a few minutes then connect the high voltage disconnect plug then the accessory battery. It has to be done in this order. Sometimes you need to...
Richard Hatfield
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:27:21 -0800
2013
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Since the group is checking in I have a question. We have installed a lithium conversion in Rayan's S10-EV. All 26 banks are reading 13.32vdc to 13.34vdc and all temp sensors are reading ambient. We replaced the battery blower due to a bearing failure and board failure on the...