| Owner | __Tango | ||||||||
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| Location | Mountain View, California US map | ||||||||
| Web/Email | WebPage | ||||||||
| Vehicle | 1985 Honda VF500F I got the Interceptor off craigs list. It's needed a lot of love, but now it looks great! | ||||||||
| Motor | EnerTrac Enertrac MH602 10KW Brushless DC Hub Motor Brushless DC The enertrac hub motor is a 10KW hub motor laced to an 18" rim. The website is at WebPage | ||||||||
| Controller | Kelly KBL12401IC I had to get the controller replaced due to some issues, but i got the CAN-Bus version. Along with an Arduino, I can get lots of good data from the controller! :) | ||||||||
| Batteries | 36 Thunder Sky TS-LFP60AHA, 3.30 Volt, Lithium-Ion LiFePO4s in a 36sp1 configuration. I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit all the batteries, but here's hoping i can....Yes! I did fit them all, but now no room for an onboard charger. :( | ||||||||
| System Voltage | 115 Volts | ||||||||
| Charger | Elcon 1500 Purchased from BMSBattery.com. It's not an Elcon brand, but is essentially an Elcon PFC-1500 (Elcons are OEMed from China, so this is the same but not with the Elcon name) | ||||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Vicor 2 vicors, one 150->24V, the other 150V->12V. The controller wants to be on its own 24V floating circuit that's not attached to the 12V electronics. Also, a small switching power supply chip (National LM2825 to supply the current sensor and arduino) | ||||||||
| Instrumentation | Arduino Uno with CAN-bus shield (WebPage /> with-usd-card-holder-p-706.html or WebPage 20x4 Serial LCD, EM-406 GPS, plus some home-grown software. Currently, acts as a telemetry system, but hopefully will become an arduino based BMS at some point. | ||||||||
| Top Speed | 72 MPH (115 KPH) Originally hoped to get 70-75mph. It did 72 (indicated on a GPS, 75 on the speedo). See the speed test: WebPage | ||||||||
| Range | 50 Miles (80 Kilometers) Originally Hoped to get 60-70 miles per charge. Have made it to 51 miles, but the last couple of miles the batteries were sagging BAD. | ||||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 115 Wh/Mile Running anywhere between 90-170 Wh/m for trips that average about 3-20 miles on a mix of mostly suburbia main thoroughfares (streets with stop signs and lights and top speeds of 40-55mph). Accelerations kill the efficiency. | ||||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 1 adult | ||||||||
| Curb Weight | 480 Pounds (218 Kilograms) Somewhere between 480 -500 lbs (the scales i used only measured in increments of 20 lbs). Turns out this is flat out way too heavy for the motor. It causes the motor to have to work too hard at low speeds and it heats up. | ||||||||
| Tires | Bridgestone Battlax BT45 (110/90-16 Front, 120/80-18 Rear) | ||||||||
| Conversion Time | Way too much. Thought it'd take 6 months. It's been 18 months and it's just about done. | ||||||||
| Conversion Cost | WAAAAAAAYYY too much. | ||||||||
| I'm just getting started with this conversion. The full trials and tribulations will (hopefully) be chronicled on the site: WebPage Update: 2009-12-03 The ICE is out! new pics posted. 2011-05-29: mostly done! go check out the website. 2011-07-22: been riding it a bunch for the past couple of months. It's working pretty well. I think in my ambition to pack the thing full of batteries, the bike weight is a bit heavy for the motor. This has caused the acceleration to not be great and the range to be less than i thought it'd be. Oh well, this is my fault for not keeping the weight in check. It's still a blast to drive. | |||||||||
1985 Honda VF500F
“Electriceptor”
Last Updated 02-03-2012
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