Gav's EV Conversion 14 - Installing the Batteries

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The batteries have arrived and are installed at long last!
It took a few days of fiddling about but we installed and secured the front and rear batteries into place with super-strong stainless steel strapping.
I also created and installed my sealed rear battery box which has the extraction system connected to the turbo timer and a relay so that both the ignition and the charging system activate the fans. The turbo timer ensures the fans keep going for 3 minutes after I've turned the car off, or unplugged the charger.
It sounds complex but it isn't. You have to remember it's ME we're talking about here ;)

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Gav's
• Electric
• Car
• Vehicle
• Conversion
• Gas
• New
• Plymouth
• Zealand
• Buying
• Motor
• Mitsubishi
• Tredia
• Batteries
• Battery
• Install

[hempev]

Very slick installation - appears you have an ADC motor and Curtis controller. What kind of range and top-speed are you expecting?

[cant7think7clearly]

Range is still an estimate at the mo, I might get close to 60km if I drive it really gently? Time will tell.

The acceleration is superb and the top speed looks like it'll reach 130km/h at this stage.

I'll put the vital stats up when it's all legal.

[cant7think7clearly]

Thanks folks! I would like to replace the shocks in the car. There's not enough battery weight in the back (115 kg) to install new springs but new shocks would make it feel less like a boat. :)

The straps on the batteries can be removed by undoing the clasps. I wouldn't re-use the straps as it's cheap and fast to to replace them with new ones.

I installed the longest length of cable last night too. Fits well so far!

[RoadRunnerLaser]

Ooooohhhh... It's getting TOOOOOOO exciting !!

This puzzles me though...

Put batteries in a box, seal box as per regs so that gas doesn't vent into the boot... Then install fans to pull the gas from the box into the boot ?? Eh ? Do I misunderstand ?

Or are you going to put some ducting to take the vented gas to the outside of the car ?

[cant7think7clearly]

Yup, at the end of the video I mention that I'll be installing ducting to the outer vent on the side of the car. I'm hoping to do that this weekend.

[cant7think7clearly]

You're right, I've found that progress just flies when I stop waiting for tradesmen to build stuff... and when the bank lends me money! ;)

I found the 2nd hand turbo timer on TradeMe which is New Zealand's "ebay". Heaps of bargains on there for the financially strained Kiwis out there. :)

[theawesomeness9911]

@khristian49 nice im going to do that to

[theawesomeness9911]

I am going to use lithium ion batteries do i still need to do that or is that only for deep cycle batteries like u have?

[khristian49]

Psi I going to put my batteries in old area of the gas tank.

[khristian49]

My other goal is reylce a old sportcar and trubing in to EV Car.

[goku1940]

Why don't you use "self maintaining" batteries in your EV so you do not ever have to add water?

[spokehedz]

In later videos he shows how he made a vent tube with a fan that circulates the air.

It is all explained in future videos. :P

[mzvarik]

Exactly, the batteries in front are free to "breath", however the batteries in the back were not left on the open air, but contrariwise closed into a box --- if they cause gas leak, then batteries in front do the same --- so covering the back batteries won't stop the leak. I guess he covered them just so it looks fancy?

[spokehedz]

Because it already has a big hole outside where the engine used to be.

[mzvarik]

When you charge batteries there's some gas leak ??? Why don't you cover the front batteries also? hmm...

[pyhap2ev]

Dang is car charging these batteries ?