[DeTomaso] [EVDL] NiMH availablity ...

[Sean Korb]

Sorry... wrong list.  I take it all back!

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an unreasonably heavy foot.  I think even when I build a BMS
> I'll need to program it to cut out a bit early to save my pack from
> myself.  I would need to identify and restrain the weaker battery at
> the first sign of trouble and I'd like a computer to alert me.  Bottom
> balancing requires that I become the BMS and I'm not fastidious enough
> or rational enough to set battery limits in a reactive setting.
>
> The other day my Honda (off topic) had a heater hose leak.  Instead of
> pulling over to tape it up I drove the next mile to work and hoped for
> the best.  It worked out but if it had been a voltage sag instead I
> might have pushed it and ruined the pack.  I need to set up very firm
> boundaries in advance.  Not as much a $$$ decision as it is a design
> decision.
>
> sean
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Marcus Reddish <marcus.reddish at gmail.com> wrote:
>> BMS?  Sure, if you got extra cash, but it sounds like you are working a
>> tight budget.  If so, go bottom balance and cut charge a little early.
>> Fairly easy to identify your weakest cell and monitor just that one to
>> prevent overcharge (it will get full first).
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have regen on my GE forklift motor and Curtis controller so
>>> that sounds about right.  I'd need 1.5 of those packs plus about $1000
>>> in charger and BMS electronics.  I have a 40 mile round trip commute
>>> and a 10 mile lunch/bank run but my car is very light so that only
>>> uses.. well about 18kwh.
>>>
>>> I should have at least 24kwh so I don't kill the battery and I have
>>> some room to keep 18kwh over 8 years so that I can amortize the cost
>>> fully.
>>>
>>> Maybe I really only need 7 or $8000?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Cruisin <cruisin at live.com> wrote:
>>> > I have a 18kw Li-ion pack for $4000.00. You cant do better than that?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>> --
>> Marcus Reddish
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> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso



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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso