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Cooling it all off2940 viewsCooling the coupler down to keep the bearings from getting cooked.
Cut-em apart2343 viewsWe ended up cutting our pretty, brand-new home made with great effort, coupler apart with the cutting torch.
Getting ready to put on the Flywheel adapter2670 viewsThe Flywheel adapter is also a heated press-fit. We made sure we had spacers to keep it from going on the shaft too far.
Flywheel adapter - drilling holes2580 viewsDrilling and tapping the holes to bolt it to the flywheel.
Motor-Motor mount welded2162 viewsHere is the mostly finished mount all welded together.
3165 views
12V System Power Schematic5095 viewsThis is the schematic for the 12V System only. (Blowers, pumps, etc...)
(Done with EagleCAD)
Ceramic Heater5793 viewsThis is a 1500W Ceramic Heater mounted where the old Heater core was.
I kept the original overheat switch from the ceramic heater, and added another (at the top) just to be paranoid.
Since I'll be powering it from a 288V pack, I only need to use the center and outer connectors to the core.
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Decals on back5053 viewsI finally got the Decals on the truck.
Hopefully I'll get some good pictures of the ones on the sides as well.Apr 18, 2010
DC cabling6406 viewsThis shows the DC power cableing done - except for the battery boxes themselves.May 29, 2009
Gauges6360 viewsI've mounted 4 gauges on the dash.
Charge Current, Pack Voltage, Battery Current, Motor Current.May 29, 2009
Truck wiring AC conduit4634 viewsThe conduit for the AC wiring under the truck.May 29, 2009
Truck wiring conduit4958 viewsSome of the DC conduit runs under the truck.May 29, 2009
Cables into bed6532 viewsThis shows how I mounted and protected the cables that run from the front of the truck into the bed.
All under-truck cables are in some kind of conduit, or have a shield between them and the ground.May 29, 2009
Breaker Boxes4529 viewsThe black box on the left has 3 Airpax 250A DC breakers. These will have a bar bolted to their handles so they all switch together.
The other box has the 2 breakers for the charging system.May 29, 2009
Rear Battery box in truck6029 viewsThis is the rear Battery Box that will hold 42 Golf Cart batteries in the bed of the truck.
(Someday when hitech batteries are reasonably priced, I'll remove this and mount the pack under the bed.)May 29, 2009
