Index of /EV

	Name	Last modified	Size	Description
	Parent Directory		-
	91force/	2010-07-03 10:48	-
	MattTracy/	2010-07-03 09:08	-
	MPC5554.pdf	2005-12-26 07:09	1.4M
	BatteryBox.html	2005-11-23 08:21	1.3K
	README.html	2005-11-23 08:21	2.8K
	1997_Force_Service_Manual.pdf	2005-11-12 06:52	4.6M
	1992_Force_Wiring.pdf	2005-11-12 06:52	1.8M
	EAA-new_chapter_tasksv06.doc	2005-10-25 08:35	48K
	TimHastrup1992forceNotes.pdf	2005-09-25 08:25	432K
	RS232toEVILbus.gif	2005-09-19 09:09	27K
	Solectria_S10_Service.pdf	2005-08-29 11:30	1.8M
	misc/	2005-06-22 08:57	-
	how_to_communicate_w_your_UMOC_w_hyperterminal_rev1.doc	2005-04-28 09:58	132K
	Old_NG3_logic.pdf	2004-12-29 07:09	43K
	SSR_Battery_Monitoring.pdf	2004-02-19 08:05	174K
	eaa-calendar-2004.pdf	2004-01-09 06:53	508K
	arcSupression.pdf	2003-12-16 07:55	52K
	deltaQspecs.pdf	2003-11-15 06:41	156K
	SoneilCharger.pdf	2003-11-04 06:20	387K
	LeeHartBalancer/	2003-10-12 12:04	-
	batRelay.png	2003-10-10 08:23	13K
	InteruptChargingAlgorithm.pdf	2003-09-30 06:28	272K
	AMCxxx_16.PDF	2003-09-22 08:32	552K
	UB12750.pdf	2003-09-21 08:52	184K
	DavidRoden1991shunt.jpg	2003-09-21 07:56	31K
	BC29ampHourCounter.PDF	2003-09-16 09:11	57K
	AMC200_300_01.pdf	2003-08-28 08:40	1.2M
	logForm.gnumeric	2003-08-25 08:03	2.9K
	Hawker_BatteryApplicationHandbook.pdf	2003-07-18 08:07	609K
	Hawker_ChargingLead-Tin_Batteries.pdf	2003-07-18 08:06	219K
	EVhandbook4hawkerBatteries.pdf	2003-07-18 08:04	1.5M

EV Information

Here is some public information about the vehicle.

The previous owner Matt Tracy, of Las Vegas, NV, then KC, MO kept amazingly detailed records of charging events. Here are Matt's photos of the Force. I can't seem to be as thourough as he was, so I made an alternate form to record performance. Sorry, its in Gnumeric format. I'm not gonna convert to Excell for the 99% of the public that does not run LINUX. Seems like about a third of the EVers run LINUX anyway.

I wrote an e-mail to Brusa of Switzerland to ask if it was possible to get any documentation for the AMC300 controler that they were providing to Solectria in 1992. They actually found old paper copies, scanned them, and mailed me this PDF! Unfortunately, it is in German. I'll need some help to read it.

Later on some other Solectria owners on the EVDL informed me that the Amp-hour counter on this cas was a Brusa BC29, so I was able to download the BC29 manual from their WWW site.

I built an expanded range pack voltmeter with (4) 27v zenner, a 10v zenner, and a surplus analog voltmeter (50v) in series. They only charged me $2.50 for the meter and it looks and works great! I just frobbed the adjustment to so that the meter is biased by 120v. It appears that the current used to drive the meter (microAmps) is suffieient to send the zenners into breakdown, so the current draw for this device is practically zero. There are times when good old analog technology kicks digital's butt!

Here is a photo of the shunt and fuse used for the Amp Hour counter on David Roden's 1991 force. My 1992 shunt and fuse looks a bit different, with the two bars.

I bought the car with UB12750 batteries, mostly dead. I don't know what the expected cycle life of these should have been. As delivered, the Zivan NG3 sometimes runs away, and cooks the batteries. (Acceptance current held at like 3-5A, batteries heat up, and charger shuts down at overtemp alarm). I can see where the batteries would loose some capacity with each of these overhcharge events. I need to figure out how to reprogram the Zivan, or find a charger with a gentler algorithm if I am going to continue using SLA batteries.

Aaron Birenboim