Truck SideTruck BackEvisionMotor With Brush Cowling onMotor Temperature ProbeUnder the hood
OwnerDamon Henry
Owner's Other EV1974 Suzuki GT250
LocationVancouver, Washington US map
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Vehicle1970 Datsun 521
MotorAdvanced DC Series Wound DC
6.7 ADC 8 brush. Salvaged from a forklift pump motor. My 16 year old son and I spent 2 days during spring break 2007 rebuilding this motor at Jim Husted's shop.
ControllerLogisystems 120SXX-0
Currently running at 96 volts and 1000 amps
Batteries80 Saft BB600, 1.20 Volt, Nickel-Cadmium, Flooded
Two strings of 80 BB600 put in parallel. One string in each diamond plate box.
System Voltage96 Volts
ChargerSchumacher SE1072
I have two SE 1072 Shumachers plus boost transforms to charge packs individually. I also have a 20 amp variac based charger I use.
Heater3 cheap 120v ceramic cores from space heaters wired in parallel. They draw about 25 amps total which works out to roughly 1800 watts of heat.
DC/DC ConverterSure Power Industries, Inc 71030i
InstrumentationEvision
I have one of the first units from www.metricmind.com. It is a very high quality EV specific instrument. You should seriously consider getting one.
Top Speed75 MPH (120 KPH)
Range20 Miles (32 Kilometers)
EV Miles
Start:91,400 Miles (147,062 Kilometers)
Current:92,700 Miles (149,154 Kilometers)
Total:1,300 Miles (2,091 Kilometers)
Seating Capacity3
Curb Weight2,550 Pounds (1,159 Kilograms)
Conversion Costaround $8000. At least half went into restoring the truck, but really I quit keeping close count when my wife told me to just get it done :-)
Additional FeaturesI originally built this with an Alltrax 7245 72 volt 450 amp controller. The performance was adequate, but the Logisytems controller makes it quite peppy and a lot of fun. It's higher voltage limit also allowed me to stuff a few more cells in my battery boxes. 80 cells are as many as will fit which raises me up to 96 volts.

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