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NOTE: Many of these items are no longer available from their original sources. They are reproduced
here for the education and information of the entire Electric Vehicle Hobbyist Community. However, it
is not my intent to violate anyone's legal rights to these documents. If you are the copyright owner
and object to the availability of any document, please notify me and I'll remove it promptly.
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| Lead-Acid Batteries | |
| Lee Hart's Basic Lead-Acid Battery Charging Instructions | html |
| Storage Battery Maintenance and Principles (US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver CO) | |
| Rapid Charging of AGM Batteries (paper from Hawker Energy) | |
| BCI Group Sizes | html |
| East Penn Deka Dominator (gel) and Intimidator (AGM) Batteries - principles, features, charging instructions | |
| Hawker Genesis Electric Vehicle Application Handbook | |
| Curtis Muhlestein's spreadsheet comparing Odyssey brand batteries | xls |
| Golf car battery comparison | html |
| Nawaz Qureshi's Chart estimating State of Charge from Open Circuit Voltage & Specific Gravity | html |
| Nickel-Based Batteries | |
| Nickel Cadmium Principles of Operation (originally published by the nonprofit Arizona Solar Center) | |
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Saft STM range brochure (EV nicads ca. 1998) Courtesy of Ricky Suiter |
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Saft advanced battery sellsheet packet (nicad, NiMH, and lithium ion ca. 1998) Courtesy of Ricky Suiter |
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| Saft STM1 (single cell) range technical data sheet | |
| Saft STM5 (6-volt monoblock) range brief data sheet | |
| Saft STM5 capacity, self-discharge, cycle life, and specific power graphs (hi-res for printers) | jpeg |
| Saft STM5 capacity, self-discharge, cycle life, and specific power graphs (low-res for browsers) | jpeg |
| Saft STM5-100/140MR/MRE Reduced Maintenance Monoblock Technical Manual (2001) | |
| Saft STM5-180 Monoblock Technical Manual (V1004) | |
| Saft STM5-100 Detailed Charging Instructions (based on amp-hour monitoring) | |
| Danish EV Committee Report on Saft STM5 Failures | |
| Connecticut DOE's Evaluation of Nicad-fitted Solectria Forces (2004) | |
| Eagle-Picher NiFe (Nickel-Iron) Battery Brochure (Sept 1993) | |
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Edison NiFe (Nickel-Iron) Battery Manual (Alkaline Storage Battery Bulletin 850, date unknown, early 1900s) Originally scanned and published by Elden Durand |
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Chrysler TEVan Charger firmware for Saft NiCd & Eagle-Picher NiFe Batteries Courtesy of Rod Hower |
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| Chargers | |
| Brusa NLG4 charger range (discontinued) tech data | |
| Brusa NLG4 version B operation manual (Aug 1997) | |
| Brusa NLG4 version B operation manual (Feb 2003) | |
| Brusa NLG4 version C operation manual (Nov 1999) | |
| Brusa NLG4 Saft STM5 (NiCd) option manual | |
| Brusa NLG4 to BC29 amp hour counter interface for Saft STM5 (NiCd) option | gif |
| Brusa NLG4 monitor and control utilities (MSDOS) | zip |
| Comuta-Car and late Citicar (Vanguard) automatic charger schematic | jpg |
| Cybortronics CYB1200-120 charger manual | |
| K&W BC-20 manual | |
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Zivan K2 manual Scanned by Chuck Hursch |
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| Battery Monitoring and Management | |
| Brusa BC-29 Amp-hour counter (discontinued) | |
| Brusa BCM98 Amp-hour counter | |
| Cruising Equipment Amp-hour meter (ancient history) | |
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Tim Wong's battery monitoring system PDF courtesy of Rod Hower |
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| Mark Hanson's battery monitoring system | |
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Revolt EV battery monitoring system (C)2008 Revolt Custom Electric Vehicles - Released under TAPR Open Hardware License and provided by Rod Hower |
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| Lee Hart's Batt-Bridge battery imbalance alarm | html |
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Lee Hart's zener diode battery regulators - step by step (also see
here) Illustrated cookbook procedure - author unknown |
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AIR Lab Vreg battery regulators by Ed Ang - description, specifications, installation instructions Courtesy of Rod Hower |
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Lee Hart's Battery Balancer control board & relay board schematics (see updates
here) Courtesy of Rod Hower |
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EVIL Bus specification - a proposed standard for EV battery management systems By Lee Hart, John Lussmyer, Ralph Merwin, and Roger Stockton - supplied by Rod Hower |
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Vclamp - undervoltage circuit for A123 lithium cells Courtesy of Rod Hower |
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| Controllers and Inverters | |
| DC Power DCP-600 DC Controller Installation Wiring Diagram | |
| DC Power DCP-600 DC Controller Manual and Installation Diagram | |
| PMC DCC-96 DC Controller Schematic (circa 1979) - 34 x 21cm 300 dpi GIF & scalable PDF | gif pdf |
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Solectria BRLS240 Brushless DC Controller Schematic Courtesy of Dale Ulan |
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| Brusa AMC-200 / 300 operation manual (German only) | |
| Brusa AMC-220 / 320 / 325 operation manual | |
| Brusa AMC-220 / 320 / 325 RS422 to PC RS232 adapter (for programming) | jpeg |
| Brusa AMC-220 / 320 / 325 programming and monitoring utilities (MSDOS) | zip |
| Motors | |
| Solectria / Brusa AC Induction Motor Specifications (1994) | |
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Specialty Motors N1CPM-139T Treadmill Motor (EV accessory drive) Torque Curves Courtesy of Rod Hower |
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| Other components | |
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Voltage tripler circuit for 28-32 volt contactors Courtesy of Rod Hower - amendments by Cor van de Water |
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| EVDL Special Collections | |
| Mark Hanson's EV Projects | html |
| EV History & General Information | |
| Inside a DC Controller with Lee Hart | html |
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Debunking the Smokestack Myth -- EVs really are cleaner Courtesy of Chip Gribben |
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The EV Acquisition Continuum - Options based on expertise, time, and financial resources With contributions from Mike Harvey |
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Tips for Economical EV Operation from the owner's manual for Jet Industries vehicles Courtesy of R M Milliron and Darin Cosgrove |
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How Plasma Boy Got His Name - the story of John Wayland's near disaster Edited short version |
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How Plasma Boy Got His Name - the story of John Wayland's near disaster Complete version - 8 1/2 pages! |
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| Fisher Ranger APU, a purpose-built generator trailer for EVs, ca. 1995 | |
| Batteries Included: article about the GM Impact from Discover Magazine, March 1992 | |
| Consumer Reports, Oct 1975: Citicar SV-48 and Elcar 2000 | |
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Car & Driver, March 1994: The Electric Tropica A surprisingly positive review of Bob Beaumont's prototype |
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| Solectria EV Component Catalog, 1994 (with price list) | |
| Solectria Force EV (commercial conversion), 1994 - description and price list | |
| Solectria Sunrise - from Boston to New York on One Charge, October 1997 | html |
| Just For Fun | |
| Lee Hart's Dickensian story for the holiday season, A Christmas Car | html |
| Lee Hart as Shel Silverstein: Edison Stout Who Would Not Check His Batteries Out | html |
| Lee Hart's parody of MTA by the Kinston Trio, The Man Who Never Recharged | html |
| Lee's electrified sendup of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's The Monster Mash | html |
