A Tale of Two Flywheels

March 22, 2010

The second and third Sundays of the month are usually “EV Build Days” – but the friend who usually hosts them was out of town. Instead, I invited EV club members over to my house to help figure out the next steps in the “MerChevy” diesel truck conversion. Rich was the first to show up, […]

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Chris’ Open ReVolt motor test

March 21, 2010

Chris has been real busy the last few days finishing off his ReVolt Open Source EV Motor Controller. He had a few concerns about hooking everything up right and trying it out. I suggested he simply hook it up to any small motor to play with it and make sure all works as advertised. Sure […]

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Open ReVolt – Another controller completed!

March 20, 2010

A while back, by friend Chris from our local EV Club started converting a motorcycle to electric. When it came time to find a controller, he wanted one that was good, fast, and cheap. Rather than settle for the usual two-out-of-three, he instead decided to build an Open ReVolt Controller. At about the same time […]

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Mer-Chevy Flywheel arrives!

March 18, 2010

My Flywheel arrived. It does NOT look like what I expected. Of course the first thing to do was for me to freak out, as it has been a pain in the butt to find this unusual flywheel, I got it sight unseen, and I had to rely on the kindness of both friends and […]

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Cougar Controller works – now meows…

March 7, 2010

Finally got the Cougar controller back up and running!!! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Electric POT O’ GOLD!

February 25, 2010

It wouldn’t be street legal under other circumstances, but the Milwaukee MakerSpace’s POT O’ GOLD will head down the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. MakerSpace members have already built a “universal float platform” out of scrap steel and salvaged electric wheelchair motors. Then, they built a wood frame in […]

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Mer-Chevy Flywheel coming?

February 24, 2010

Well, it looks like I finally got a lead on a manual transmission flywheel for the Mer-Chevy project. Unfotunately, it’s out of town, and I need a friend to stop out for me to get it from the seller. That’s not going to happen for at least a week. So here I wait, HOPING to […]

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Mer-Chevy Flywheel coming?

February 24, 2010

Well, it looks like I finally got a lead on a manual transmission flywheel for the Mer-Chevy project. Unfotunately, it’s out of town, and I need a friend to stop out for me to get it from the seller. That’s not going to happen for at least a week. So here I wait, HOPING to […]

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Tom gets a Transmission

February 22, 2010

My Friend Tom has been working on an all-electric conversion of a Dodge Neon for a while now. It’s a pretty cool car, using almost all salvaged materials, including an industrial AC motor to drive the whole thing. Unfortunately, the transmission that came with the car doesn’t shift so well between two of the gears. […]

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What started it all

February 22, 2010

A couple years back, I visited the Midwest Renewable Energy Associations annual energy fair. As part of the fair, they host an alternative car show. One slick vehicle I saw, was an electric bicycle, built by a kit. The first thing I did when I got home, was ordered the kit, and then installed it […]

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