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  1. prius/ev guy

    prius/ev guy New Member

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    I am new to this forum, but not new to the Prius or EVs.
    I have driven a Prius for five years and an electric Ford Ranger for three years. Ranger is charged 100% with solar.
     
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  2. bisco

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    hello and :welcome: to priuschat, i hope you like it here!
     
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    Hiya. Pics of the Ranger set up, please. That sounds cool.
     
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    Welcome!
     
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    Welcome aboard! Yes, the ranger sounds quite interesting.
     
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  6. prius/ev guy

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    I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how to do it
     
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    ^ you need five (5) posts first... Then you can use the attachments in the Go Advanced editing.
     
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  8. The Electric Me

    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    You have a solar charged- Electric Ford Ranger?

    Very impressive.

    Please quickly post some BS so that you can show pictures.
     
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    Aloha and Welcome. You now have a possible collectors item, your Ford Ranger they are not making Rangers anymore.
     
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  10. prius/ev guy

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    OK
    I assume a reply constitutes a post.
    Thanks
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    OK
    trying
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    The Ranger is a conversion, not an original. My grandson and I converted it a little over three years ago. It runs great. Of course it is just a commuter. Range is 30 miles. Speed is 55 mph.
    Jim
     
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    OK, made several posts. Lets see if I can show a picture.
    Jim

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    Neat looking finished product..

    And it sounds like it was probably an interesting project.
     
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    Was that conversion done via a kit or plans ?
     
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    Welcome to PC! The Ranger Looks & Sounds Very Exciting!!
     
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    It was not a kit. I did the project with my grandson to teach him about electrical/mechanical things so we measured, calculated and made everything.

    Here are a couple more pictures.

    Jim

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  18. bisco

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    that's a beautiful thing, great work! your grandson is very fortunate. how about pics of your solar set up? are you running the house in a grid tie?
     
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    The truck is emission free but the electricity from the grid, that we were using to charge it, was not. So we decided to install a solar system to supply "green" energy for the truck.

    Since we drive the truck during the day, when the sun is shining, we needed some way to store the electrical energy until we needed it to recharge the truck batteries during the night. A grid-tie solar system does that for us.

    For each day that we drove the truck, we were averaging 3.6 Kwh to recharge the truck. We installed four 225 watt panels, each with its own inverter, to supply this energy. Since we drive it only in good weather (we live on a dirt road), the system easily supplies all the power for the truck. The extra power just reduces our electric bill.

    Here are some pictures of the solar system.

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  20. bisco

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    very nice, that's exactly what i would like to do. my roof is too shady, but i have a field out back that would be perfect.
     
    #20 bisco, Feb 25, 2012
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