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  1. edcastrovalley

    Ed's List of Your Best Vehicles

    Since Global Warming is such a HUGE hoax, and I do mean huge, I want to make a list of the best cars and trucks in terms of reliability, safety, performance and cost. These will be the best vehicles you can get. Vehicles here must burn some kind of fossil fuel to make the list. This will be...
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    Sad Day - I may have to put down my first lipo

    One of my very first Lipo batteries, a beloved Turnigy 4s, 5ah, 20c battery pack will not balance. I placed it on my Icharger 3010B twice now until it timed out and one cell will not rise over 3.8v while the other 3 cells sit at 4.2v. I then picked up the pack and noticed that it's all puffy...
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    Getting a New Van at Work

    I normally drive a Ford F250 van at work as a service van that has a 350 cubic inch engine and a 40 gallon tank to go with it and I overheard the bosses talking about this large van that is being given to us. The problem is that it's tall, 8'-6" tall and 20 feet long and it doesn't fit in some...
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    My Friend is Drunk with Solar!

    I have a coworker friend that has a small 3 bedroom home with a pool and hot tub in the backyard and has always complained of having power bills North of $450 per month. Of course I would like to brag and talk about my small 12vdc solar array and my generally low power bills (I don't have a...
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    My Prius EV! Well sort of...

    I recently installed a Coastal Tech Prius EV button in my 2007 Prius and made my Prius into an instant ev! As long as I don't go over 2 miles and I recharge it with the gas engine. :cry: At first I was a little disappointed with it however, it does have it's advantages. I found out that...
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    Corded Mower Conversion to Lipo

    Well I finally did it! I converted my 18" Black and Decker corded mower to battery power and it works great! I basically gathered all my spare lipo batteries; 4s, 5s, and 6s which are all 5 amphour packs. Put them all in series with an Anderson connector wire harness for a 29s, 5ah pack...
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    Bike to Work Day, Oakland California

    https://www.ebbc.org/btwd I know this is kind of late notice but is anyone going to bike to work in Oakland, CA tomorrow? I did it two years ago and it was a lot of fun. They have these refreshment stations along the way about every mile or so and they give out food and drink and some kind of...
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    Crazy Internet improvement After Switching Router to DC Sola

    I have a 12vdc solar system with a 300 watt pure sign wave inverter that I powered my dsl modem and wireless router with and since both the adapters for each device output 12vdc I decided to get rid of the adapters and power them directly off my golf cart batteries. What I didn't expect was a...
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    Climate Change

    I couldn't help notice the crazy weather changes we've having in the US this year so I've been paying attention to any news on the topic of climate change. Mostly I've been looking towards the mainstream news media for info but there really hasn't been much news about it. All I see are daily...
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    Found a Hub Motor in my Washer!

    My two year old front loading LG washer started leaking so I decided to open it up and have a look. What do I find but a direct drive hub motor, possibly a Magic Pie. :wink: I counted 38 poles and it's big! More than 12" across. The washer needs a new front drum/door seal which I should...
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    Inverter Trumps Line Power, WTF?

    I've been using a scooter charger to charge my e-bike and I noticed when I plug into my inverter that my bike charges a little faster and the charger stays cooler than when I use normal line power. So I began logging my battery voltage and charge times for both charging methods. I don't have...
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    Short Haul Ebike Trucking

    Here's the latest incarnation of my 20 year old Marin MTB. I'm always changing things around but this time lt's the addition of a Falcon triangle battery bag. This is big because it not only moves the center of gravity forward and low but also allows me to attach my son's trailer bike to the...
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    Wierd Internet Problem

    In spite of everything that's going on here in the last few days I thought I would post this little personal problem of mine to see if anyone else experienced anything like this. For internet at home I've had ATT dsl for around 5 years or so and it worked fine except for the fact that the phone...
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    Found an iMiev in the wild

    I found this at work of all places! I'm sure I'll need to drive somewhere. :mrgreen:
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    Large Vehicles and Our Energy Obesity

    Is it me or are all our cars and trucks getting larger? Around here in Northern California trucks are extemely popular and it seems they're getting larger. It's hard to pass these trucks on normal residential streets where I have to over slightly between parked cars just to let them by. Even...
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    Ultra Motor moving to Berkeley, California

    http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_18570531?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com It looks like Ultra Motor is moving to Berkeley, California. The printed version of this story I read at work was more indepth than this one but, maybe someone else has some more...
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    Aft Controller Not Working

    I think I did my controller in by going up the steepest hill in my neighborhood at over 30 mph and the little clear vinyl tubing protectors that cover the motor wire bullet connectors melted and shorted two of the phase wires together. Since I have two of everything (dual motor/controllers) I...
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    BMS Board on a Lipo Pack?

    I read some great stuff about batteries here today and I began to wonder if it is feasible to add BMS boards to a lipo pack. If it's possible it could make charging easier. Especially opportunity charging out in the field. I'm guessing the boards are mostly made for lifepo4 battery voltage. :?:
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    Connecting a CA Direct Plug to two controllers

    Does anyone know a way to connect a single Cycle Analyst direct plug model to two Infineon controllers? I got everything working super and this was my last obstacle to my newby build. Right now I just double all the figures in my head (except speed of course) but, I don't know how reliable...
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