Saturday, June 12, 2010
Electrical Storm Is No More :(
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Without ceremony, Electrical Storm was put to rest today. Electrical Storm was a great idea whose time has passed. The battery pack was give...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Update March 2010 - The End?
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Well, since my last blog post I have done absolutely nothing with the Electric Duster except for occasionally moving it around the driveway....
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Update - June 5, 2009
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Greetings to all! Wow, my last post was almost two months ago. It's definitely time to check in and write an update. No, I haven't g...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
We're Number 1
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I'm picking up my replacement battery on the way to work today, so the Duster will be back on the road again tomorrow. In the mean time....
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Another Setback
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Well, I certainly hate reporting the failures, but they are a part of the whole story of this conversion. Maybe the information will help s...
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
On The Road Again
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I welded and installed the motor coupling adapter today. Then I put the car all back together and did some more successful test driving. I...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Back From The Machine Shop
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After the motor coupling failure, I designed an adaptor plate and had a local machine shop make it out of steel. Now I can weld the steel hu...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Update On Mechanical Failure
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I was able to remove the back half of the motor coupling by removing the transmission. It was not too bad of a job and only took about an ho...
Mechanical Failure - I'm Still Learning
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In yet another plot twist, the EV Duster has suffered a mechanical failure. I was working on testing a throttle limitation circuit to keep ...
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Monday, March 16, 2009
One small step back
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I decided to take a step backward today. When I originally installed the motor controller, I forgot to take into account the cooling fans t...
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