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by Randy Eckert
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What about heating the battery pack in the winter,,,say with those wires you
wrap your pipes with to keep them from freezing? At least while it is at
home.
I was looking at some of those back up power sources for your PC, They have
wonderful clean sine wave out puts and built in battery back up, That could
be upgraded to a 12volt accessory batt to run all your 12 volt stuff, plus
it would keep those batts charged, it has nice gauges telling state of
charge....... plus could even provide clean AC for a PC or a heater (think
hair blow dryer for fast window defrosting and hand warming) They also are
very plug and play.
I have seen 2250 watts for Less than $200 (used) to little 550 watts for
$25.
But given the price of DC to DC inverters I think a stand alone battery and
one of these backup power units are much more useful because you get a built
in charger, clean quality AC power, gauges,and 12volt power,you can have as
much depth to the battery size you may need for lights, stereo, wipers,
windows, and it just plugs in and tops it's self off.
If you have a grid power outage it is there for you also.
It makes your car back up power for your house.
How about putting that heat tape inside your car seat? They have low wattage
stuff for plastic pipes.
I don't think it would not take much to install one of those small travel
size hair blowers into you duct system for window heating, you could maybe
put a 12 volt fan motor on it so it did not sound like a jet engine. But
they make good fast heat and the wattage is on them and they have more than
one setting on most of them.
If it was hooked to the back up power and it in turn plugged in at night you
could kick it on 10 min before you leave and never need to scrap you windows
and it would be toasty warm in your EV.
What say yeeh engineers?
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Richard Acuti <dmc650@...> wrote:
>
> Leave it to Roland to scare the bejesus out of all of us. :)
>
> I have 6 batteries behind the back seat of my '74 Beetle. The tops are
> covered with 2 layers of 1/2" thick wood and now, thanks to Roland's story,
> I'll be putting a bullet-proof layer of something along the back of the seat
> and a thick lexan sheet that rises from the top of the seat to the ceiling.
> There is already a small exhaust fan that dumps vapors to the engine
> compartment which is open to the air.
>
> I haven't had any issues or problems. I say it's safe to do with proper
> precautions.
> _________________________________
> Message: 16
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Heynow
> Subject: [EVDL] Batteries in the passenger compartment?
> To: ev@...:
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>
> I have been avoiding looking at wagons as a glider as I don't like the
> ideaof batteries in the passenger compartment. I want to be able to keep
> themin the trunk and under the hood. Am I wrong in thinking this? Do
> somewagons have more carrying capacity, so they are better foe an EV? Thanks
> Peter
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Rich A.
> Maryland
> http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/371.html
> http://patriotfuel.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Back to work after baby–how do you know when you're ready?
>
> http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A
>
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wrap your pipes with to keep them from freezing? At least while it is at
home.
I was looking at some of those back up power sources for your PC, They have
wonderful clean sine wave out puts and built in battery back up, That could
be upgraded to a 12volt accessory batt to run all your 12 volt stuff, plus
it would keep those batts charged, it has nice gauges telling state of
charge....... plus could even provide clean AC for a PC or a heater (think
hair blow dryer for fast window defrosting and hand warming) They also are
very plug and play.
I have seen 2250 watts for Less than $200 (used) to little 550 watts for
$25.
But given the price of DC to DC inverters I think a stand alone battery and
one of these backup power units are much more useful because you get a built
in charger, clean quality AC power, gauges,and 12volt power,you can have as
much depth to the battery size you may need for lights, stereo, wipers,
windows, and it just plugs in and tops it's self off.
If you have a grid power outage it is there for you also.
It makes your car back up power for your house.
How about putting that heat tape inside your car seat? They have low wattage
stuff for plastic pipes.
I don't think it would not take much to install one of those small travel
size hair blowers into you duct system for window heating, you could maybe
put a 12 volt fan motor on it so it did not sound like a jet engine. But
they make good fast heat and the wattage is on them and they have more than
one setting on most of them.
If it was hooked to the back up power and it in turn plugged in at night you
could kick it on 10 min before you leave and never need to scrap you windows
and it would be toasty warm in your EV.
What say yeeh engineers?
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Richard Acuti <dmc650@...> wrote:
>
> Leave it to Roland to scare the bejesus out of all of us. :)
>
> I have 6 batteries behind the back seat of my '74 Beetle. The tops are
> covered with 2 layers of 1/2" thick wood and now, thanks to Roland's story,
> I'll be putting a bullet-proof layer of something along the back of the seat
> and a thick lexan sheet that rises from the top of the seat to the ceiling.
> There is already a small exhaust fan that dumps vapors to the engine
> compartment which is open to the air.
>
> I haven't had any issues or problems. I say it's safe to do with proper
> precautions.
> _________________________________
> Message: 16
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Heynow
> Subject: [EVDL] Batteries in the passenger compartment?
> To: ev@...:
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> I have been avoiding looking at wagons as a glider as I don't like the
> ideaof batteries in the passenger compartment. I want to be able to keep
> themin the trunk and under the hood. Am I wrong in thinking this? Do
> somewagons have more carrying capacity, so they are better foe an EV? Thanks
> Peter
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Rich A.
> Maryland
> http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/371.html
> http://patriotfuel.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Back to work after baby–how do you know when you're ready?
>
> http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A
>
> _______________________________________________
> For subscription options, see
> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev
>
For subscription options, see
http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev
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