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Well, I think I've read the whole thread now. I have to say I am certainly intrigued. I haven't quite made up my mind whether what they are...
I wish that were the case. Unfortunately balancing is pretty unavoidable. Even lead acid EV packs require balancing, which are often just a...
I understand what you are saying, but they are still very similar as I understand them. Granted my knowledge of the PiPrius is limited. Both...
Sorry to hear about Velma :eek: Glad everyone else is ok!
That's a major bummer, sorry to hear about Nikki's car :( Charging of the NimH traction packs is very non-trivial. This has long seemed to me a...
This is not the same as being able to lightly touch the pedal on a flat or down hill and get your car to go into stealth mode. This appears to be...
Yup, to do as I'm suggesting you would have to hook it up as in the cal-cars configuration. This would make it more like Manzanita Micro's...
You guys might want to check this out: PriusPlus-Instructions - EAA-PHEV This is an electrical mod that allows manual override of the OEM...
Bear in mind that calculating mileage improvement as (mpg2-mpg1)/mpg1 is kind of misleading. For example in the case of 65.1mpg vs. 78mpg, you...
Balancing all 16 would certainly be preferable, but 8 is probably still pretty good. You can generally think of each battery as part of a random...
You're right on here I believe. The filtering elements like capacitors keep the changes slow enough that the regulators can keep up, and keep the...
BTW, what your c code basically describes is the feedback loop of a regulator. In hardware this is most often done in an analog fashion with an...
This is completely a guess, but I would imagine that the converter functions more like a current limited voltage source. A lot of regulated...
That sounds about right. To say it another way, a coulomb counter computes the integral of current, with respect to time or the area under the...
Voltmeters are designed with very high internal resistances, usually on the order of 1Mohm. As long as the impedance of the circuit under test is...
I would highly encourage anyone considering PHEV or BEV to look at adding solar. For example, here is the situation here in AZ: Mile per Year:...
Add me to the list of people that decided on a Prius after researching BEV conversion options. Some people call PHEVs a temporary solution, or...
If I could add my 2c, I think the BMS+ design is much more mature than the enginer kit. Norm has been involved in the cal-cars PHEV stuff since...
I'm sorry I haven't had time to keep up with this thread, its great to see so much happening on this front. It sounds like the kit may have some...
FYI This thread is about a year old. Even when it was current a number of people had issues getting anyone to respond, and those that did weren't...
